Congress leader criticizes the ruling party for its minimal budget allocation and delayed action, urging a nationwide approach that emulates Telangana's effective caste survey
Caste enumeration must adopt a scientific and legally protected approach — not just for accuracy, but to avoid political distortion and constitutional violations
Caste survey is much needed, especially when jobs and economic opportunities for the disadvantaged sections have been shrinking and the social disparities widening
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the census comes under the purview of the Centre but some States have done caste enumeration in the name of surveys
The State government introduced the bill extending reservations to BCs, SCs and STs (Reservation of seats in Educational Institutions and of Appointments or Posts in the Services) in the Assembly
The MLC has been vociferously opposing the caste census conducted by the Congress government. He dubbed it fake and charged that it was a ploy hatched by upper caste leaders to suppress the BCs
Kavitha, in a post on social media, questioned the seriousness of the Congress government in conducting the re-survey and demanded transparency regarding the outreach efforts and results
During the meeting with the Congress MP, the Chief Minister informed that the State government would introduce a Bill on SC classification in the budget session. Time was extended for examining the objections from SC sub castes and the Commission was examining the same, he said
Terming Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s governance a cheap China phone that might look good but not work, BRS MLC K Kavitha said that in comparison to the Congress government, the tenure of K Chandrashekhar Rao was like a premium iPhone
Says the election affidavits of K Chandrashekhar Rao, himself and other BRS leaders were available in the public domain on the Election Commission of India's website