Former Minister and State government Advisor Mohammed Ali Shabbir charged that the BJP was distorting facts to create communal divisions and provoke non-Muslim OBCs against the Congress government. He also accused the BJP of misleading the people by falsely alleging that the Congress government in Telangana had newly included Muslims in the OBC category through the recent Socio-Economic, Education, Employment, Political, and Caste Survey.
Claims by Union Ministers G Kishan Reddy and Bandi Sanjay besides Rajya Sabha MP K Lakshman were not only factually incorrect but also hypocritical, he said, adding that BJP-led governments at the Centre and in several States had also classified Muslim communities as OBCs.