Satyavathi Rathod demands 10 per cent reservation for STs

Tribal welfare minister Satyavathi Rathod on Sunday demanded that the Central government implement 10 per cent reservation for STs in the country.

Speaking as chief guest at the National Banjara Meet-2023, organised at Dr Visveswaariah Bhavan in Khairatabad on Sunday, the minister demanded the BJP government at Centre to add Tribal language Gor Mati in the 8th Schedule.

Rathod said that the state government



provided 10 per cent reservations to STs in Telangana in educational institutions and jobs. The BJP government must consider implementing the same in all the states.

The minister stated that the state government would provide pattas for podu lands next month and urged the Central government to construct a Sevalal building in Delhi and celebrate Sevalal birthday as a national festival.