Andhra Pradesh assembly clears 5% quota for Kapu community

NewsBharati    08-Feb-2019
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Amaravati, Feb 8: Ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha and state assembly polls, Andhra Pradesh state assembly on Thursday unanimously cleared the long-awaited Kapu reservation bill. The bill will provide five percent reservation to the Kapu community, a long pending demand from the politically dominant community.

Backward Caste Welfare Minister and senior TDP leader K Acchennaidu introduced the bill. After this move, Kapus will get five percent reservation in education and employment. The new reservation regime will be given from the 10 percent Upper calls quota allocated by the central government. Besides Kapu, communities like Telaga, Balija, and have been included by the ruling TDP government. The state government also provided one-third allocation, especially for women.

During 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the yellow army promised Kapu community of five percent reservation in jobs and education. In 2017, the TDP government had presented a special Bill in order to provide five percent reservation to Kapus. Prominent Telugu actor and former Union Minister K Chiranjeevi and his brother Pawan Kalyan, Chief of Jana Sena Party are from Kapu Community.

 

 

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