TRS Govt Should Clarify Its Stand On 'Sudhir Commission' : Congress

Hyderabad : T.Cong demanded TRS Govt to clarify its stand on Sudhir Commission report. Government appointed a Commission headed by retired IAS officer G. Sudhir to inquire on Socio-Economic and Educational Conditions of Muslims. It has submitted its report in August this year.

GHMC Minorities Department Chairman Shaik Abdullah Sohail, in a media statement, said that Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar simply received the report from the Commission on12th August and placed it in public domain on 10th December. "The Chief Minister has remained silent on the status of the report for the last four months. He needs to announce whether his government accepted the report in full or part. Sudhir Commission has made 11 major recommendations and the State Government needs to clarify whether or not it accepted those recommendations," he said.

Abdullah Sohail alleged that the TRS Government was trying to mislead and confuse the common Muslims on its promise of giving 12% reservation in jobs and education. "The Chief Minister was well aware that increase in Muslim quota from present 4% to 12% is not possible without the recommendation of a Backward Classes Commission. However, instead of constituting a BC Commission, it formed an Commission of Inquiry headed by Retd. IAS officer G. Sudhir which had no legal sanctity. Since Sudhir Commission too recommended increase in quota to 12% or a minimum of 9%, the State Government is now trying to divert the attention of Muslim community by holding public hearings of BC Commission on Muslim reservation. The TRS Government should first clarify whether it accepts all the recommendations of Sudhir Commission and what would be its stand before the BC Commission," he said.

The Congress leader also pointed that the State Government should accept and implement other recommendations made by the Sudhir Commission which includes appointment of an “Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC)",  implementation of 'Diversity Index', proper implementation of Urdu as second official language and Sub-Plan for Muslims.