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BCs will be duly represented: PCC chief

But says weaker sections can’t get ticket in proportion to their population

HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president, D. Srinivas, has expressed the party’s inability to allot seats to Backward Classes and other sections in proportion to their population.

He, however, asserted in an interaction with reporters here on Tuesday that the BCs would get the maximum number of seats so that they are duly represented in all the districts.

Mr. Srinivas said Congress party was not concerned over the emergence of new political parties as the government initiated welfare and development schemes covering all sections in an unprecedented scale. However, what was a matter of concern was the manner in which BCs were being utilised by other parties.

The Congress, he said, would not decide its priorities based on the entry of new political parties. He declined to comment on film star Chiranjeevi’s entry into politics saying that he would react after he announced his party’s policies on various important issues.

‘People happy’

The PCC president said that in addition to launching several schemes for BCs and weaker sections, the Congress government was exploring options to pass a resolution in the Assembly seeking 33 per cent reservations for the BCs.

Asked about the film star’s claims on ushering in a Santoshandhra Pradesh (happy Andhra Pradesh), he said: “I don’t see any dissatisfaction among the people.”

Replying to queries, he said there was nothing wrong in the government allotting land to the Congress for starting a human resource development training centre. The issue was discussed in 2004 itself and the land sanctioned now. “Moreover, you cannot compare the value of trained human resources in terms of money,” he said.

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