Telangana Jagruti president Kalvakuntla Kavitha on Wednesday declared that her organisation will not contest the upcoming municipal polls in the state, the schedule for which is expected in a couple of days.
Addressing a meeting at her office, Kavitha said the organisation has not yet evolved into a full-fledged political party.
“However, Jagruti would extend support to any party or candidate seeking its backing in the elections,” she said.
She accused both the ruling Congress and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) of deliberately betraying Backward Classes (BCs) on the issue of reservations, particularly in local body elections.
Kavitha alleged that Congress had already committed injustice to BCs during the gram panchayat elections and was now moving ahead with municipal elections without even raising the issue of 42 per cent reservation for BCs.
She said the silence on reservations reflected the party’s lack of commitment to social justice.
Describing the SIT investigation into the telephone tapping issue as an “orchestrated drama” being played by the Congress and the BRS to divert public attention, Kavitha alleged that the phone-tapping issue was deliberately brought to the forefront ahead of municipal elections.
She remarked that the controversy was meant to distract urban voters from the denial of BC reservations.
“Nothing will come out of these inquiries, and people like me who claim to be victims know very well that no justice will be delivered,” she said.
Kavitha questioned why the BRS was not raising its voice forcefully on behalf of BCs.
She alleged that neither Congress nor BRS was genuinely concerned about BC welfare and urged people to recognise that both parties were deceiving backward communities.
Stating that there was no urgency to conduct municipal elections, Kavitha asserted that polls should be held only after ensuring 42 per cent reservations for BCs.
“True justice is possible only when the majority sections of society have a share in political power,” she said.
Calling upon youth, women, and members of marginalised communities to utilise municipal elections as a training ground, Kavitha said the elections would help aspiring leaders understand the political process.