Hyderabad, Aug. 7 -- Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home minister Amit Shah of obstructing a delegation of Congress ministers and MPs from securing an appointment to meet President Droupadi Murmu.

He said the delegation only intended to seek her assent for the 42 percent reservation for Backward Classes (BCs) in education, employment, and local bodies, as well as the ordinance passed by the Telangana Assembly removing the 50 percent cap on reservations in local bodies.

Revanth Reddy recalled how the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had previously opposed the implementation of 27 percent reservations for BCs in central government jobs and public sector undertakings during the tenur...