Bandi challenges Revanth to back Gen Z push with Cabinet berths
Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar has challenged Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy to appoint Gen Z leaders to his Cabinet. This follows the Chief Minister's proposal to lower the minimum age for contesting elections to 21.
Why it matters
The debate highlights a growing political focus on youth representation and the tension between legislative proposals and executive appointments in Indian state politics.
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar, on Sunday, hit back at Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy over his proposal to reduce the minimum age for contesting Assembly and Lok Sabha elections from 25 to 21 years, challenging him to first induct Gen Z leaders into the State Cabinet.
Addressing the media at Shamshabad Airport, Mr. Sanjay said that if the Chief Minister was serious about empowering the younger generation, he should allot ministerial berths to leaders in the 21-30 age group instead of merely advocating constitutional amendments.
The BJP leader also demanded that the State government ask sitting Members of the Legislative Council (MLCs) to resign and nominate Gen Z leaders in their place if it genuinely wanted to provide greater political representation to young people.
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