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Setback from Supreme Court yet Naidu announces TDP will give over 34 percent tickets to BCs
- •Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has promised that the Telugu Desam Party will allocate more than 34 percent of tickets to backward classes in upcoming local body elections.
- •The announcement follows the Supreme Court dismissing the state government's petition seeking to restore 34 percent reservation for BCs in local bodies.
- •Speaking in Prakasam district, Naidu asserted that supporting backward communities is his responsibility and accused the opposition YSRCP of opposing their political empowerment.
- •The Supreme Court also clarified that the electoral roll revision process cannot be used as a ground to postpone the local body elections.
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On October 9, 2026, the Supreme Court dismissed the state government's appeal because it found no grounds to interfere with the High Court's earlier ruling. The High Court had determined that the available empirical data was insufficient to justify increasing the backward classes reservation beyond the 50 percent ceiling limit.
Addressing a village-level meeting in Prakasam district, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu announced that the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) will allocate more than 34 percent of party tickets to backward class candidates in the upcoming local body elections.
No. On October 9, 2026, the Supreme Court clarified that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process of electoral rolls cannot be used as a ground to postpone local body elections, stating that elections can proceed using the existing voter list if needed.
