Telangana Assembly passes Muslim quota bill, KCR government accused of Muslim appeasement

Telangana Assembly today passed a bill to give 12 per cent quota for socially and economically backward among the Muslims n educational institutions and government jobs.

Earlier, the quota for Muslims was fixed at 4 per cent. The Telangana Reservation Bill was passed by the Assembly amid uproar and protest by the BJP MLAs.

Five BJP MLAs were suspended from Telangana Assembly after they created ruckus over the Telangana Reservation Bill. The BJP MLAs came to the well of the House and refused to go back to their respective seats despite repeated requests by  the Assembly Speaker.