Telangana Assembly approves caste census, calls for countrywide caste survey

Hyderabad: Telangana Assembly approved the socio-economic caste census survey conducted to know the population of each caste to ensure social justice on Tuesday.
Chief Minister Revanth Reddy moved a resolution urging the central government to conduct a comprehensive nationwide caste survey which was unanimously passed in the House.
Participating in a discussion on the caste survey in the Assembly, the chief minister asserted that the state government is committed to deliver social justice to Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and other marginalized groups. He also affirmed that the caste census will guide the policies designed to empower and uplift various socioeconomic groups in the state.
The Telangana Assembly’s resolution implores the central government to replicate a similar comprehensive survey at the national level to ensure data-driven governance for all communities.
Meanwhile, the Backward Classes leaders have demanded the government to enforce 42 percent reservations to the candidates from the community in the impending local body elections.
Senior leaders from Backward Classes (BCs), including Rajya Sabha member and National BC Association president R. Krishnaiah, and former chairman of the Telangana BC Commission Vakulabharanam Krishna Mohan Rao have warned the government of massive agitations if their demand is not fulfilled.
BRS MLC K Kavitha has demanded the Congress government to clarify its stance on the reservations for the BC candidates. Participating in a discussion in the Legislative Council on the caste census in Telangana, she sought to know if the government would conduct the elections only after enforcing the reservations.
Earlier in the day, the BRS members staged a walkout from the Assembly over the alleged “betrayal” of Backward Classes (BCs) by the Congress government. BRS MLA KT Rama Rao alleged that the state government is conspiring to reduce the BC population by five percent to deprive them of their due representation and benefits.
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