Caste survey: Revanth Reddy seeks Congress BC leaders’ support

Once the caste survey passes judicial scrutiny, there will be demand for such surveys in other States as well, says the Chief Minister

HYDERABAD: Alleging that the BJP and BRS were conspiring to “ruin” the entire caste survey exercise, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday appealed to Congress BC leaders to support him in taking the survey outcome to the people and win their confidence.

“Telangana government has taken up the caste survey meticulously and officially. Unfortunately, our leaders were admitting that if there were any mistakes, they would be corrected. A few other leaders for gaining personal recognition, were stating that the figures were wrong and that the exercise should have been taken up in another way,” he said during a meeting with Congress BC leaders here on Saturday.

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“This was a long-pending demand and the Congress government is successfully taking it forward. You (BC leaders) might differ with me on other issues but support me in the caste survey exercise and own it up,” Revanth Reddy said.

The Chief Minister said once the caste survey passes the judicial scrutiny, there would be demand for such surveys in other States as well. The Central government would be compelled to take up the survey, he said to the BC leaders.

“If we forego this opportunity, it would be due to lack of political awareness. The benefits, including political, education, employment etc to be extended to sub castes would be discussed in the second phase. In the first phase, the focus was on determining the caste percentage and winning the people’s confidence,” he added.