A post claiming that Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently announced the removal of 4% Muslim reservation is misleading. The video is from a 2023 campaign speech in Telangana where Shah promised to abolish the reservation if voted to power. Shah’s comments gained attention amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent remarks about the Congress party’s alleged preferential treatment of Muslims in Karnataka’s reservation system.
Forty-two years after its inception, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has faded away from Telangana. The influence of movie stars in the state has also waned since the division of the Telugu states a decade ago. During the 2023 elections, former actor Babu Mohan’s BJP campaign yielded only a modest number of votes, while Reshma Rathod aka Reshma Bai Bhukiya’s 2018 outing was even less successful. In contrast, actors continue to hold political sway in Andhra Pradesh, with stars like Pawan Kalyan, Nandamuri Balakrishna, and R.K. Roja actively involved in politics.
