Telangana Chief Minister to meet Narendar Modi on June 15 over state’s issues

HYDERABAD: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 15 to discuss various issues concerning the state.nnThe meeting would take place at 12.30 pm and Rao would leave for New Delhi tomorrow, the Chief Minister’s Office said here today.nn”The CM will discuss several issues pertaining to the state,” it said.nnThe state government has been taking up several issues, including Centre’s nod for increasing reservation for backward sections among Muslims and Scheduled Tribes, linking rural employment scheme NREGA with agriculture, minimum support price for various crops and the new zonal system vis-a-vis government employment.nnThe state assembly had passed a bill last year enhancing reservation for backward sections among Muslims and Scheduled Tribes.nnThe MPs of ruling TRS had raised these issues in the parliament earlier.nnSource: Press Trust of India