BCs are backbone of society: Jagan

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Y.S
Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday said that for the first time in the social history of the country, BCs have been empowered through BC
Corporations and asked their chairpersons to work as liaisons between the BCs and the government.He was addressing a gathering of the BC
Sankranti Sabha at Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium in which 56 BC Corporation chairpersons took oath
socially, economically, and politically has been taken up as a movement and nowhere in the country was such emancipation reported
He cautioned the newly sworn-in persons that the position was a responsibility and not power
corporations and appointing 728 BC leaders, from 139 castes, in the posts of directors and chairman, is history scripted by the Andhra
Pradesh government
I am happy to note that 29 of the 56 chairpersons and 336 of the 672 directors are women
We have made laws for implementing 50 percent reservation for BC, SC, ST, minorities and women in all nominated posts and contracts
Even during the composition of the State cabinet, 60 percent posts were given to BC, SC, ST, and minority leaders, and we have sent two BC
members through Janmabhoomi committees
Unlike the TDP government, the incumbent government has ensured that welfare schemes were given to all eligible persons, irrespective of
their political affiliations, and took welfare to the doorstep of beneficiaries
interests.