"caste-survey"

An expert group led by Justice B Sudershan Reddy analysed the Telangana caste survey (SEEEPC 2024) and found that 135 of 242 castes are more backward than the state’s average Comprehensive Backwardness Index score of 81. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are three times more backward than General Castes, while Backward Classes are 2.7 times more backward.

The renewed push for recognising Veerashaiva-Lingayat as a separate religion requires consensus between Congress and BJP

Bihar’s upcoming Assembly elections highlight the dominance of political dynasties, with candidates from nearly all parties linked to established leaders. Critics blame weak education, low political awareness, and party favoritism for sidelining grassroots workers in favor of dynastic entrants

Deputy CM Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said a ministerial delegation led by CM A Revanth Reddy will visit Delhi to seek cross-party support for 42% BC reservations and push for inclusion of caste data in the national census.

Thomas Piketty’s recommendations could inflict a lot of harm on salaried and middle class, says BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi

Union Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay Kumar should have minimum awareness being a central minister, says Chief Minister

If the Congress government was honest and has integrity, a commission should be formed to conduct caste census scientifically, says the BJP MP

Till 2002, Narendra Modi was an upper caste member, and included his caste in the list of BCs after becoming CM, claims Telangana Chief Minister

Congress MLC had dubbed the caste survey as ‘fake’ and had even burnt the report

However, this would be restricted to only 3.1% of the population who did not participate in the initial exercise

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

The Congress MLC has been vociferously objecting the caste survey and dubbed it as a fake survey. He even burnt Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s statement on caste survey

Party MP Rahul Gandhi to attend the Suryapet meeting while AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge will participate in the Medak meeting

Controversy deepens with comparisons to Karnataka’s Socio-Economic and Education Survey in 2014, which also cost Rs 160 cr, but remained unpublished due to internal disagreements within Congress

Party says it is a deliberate attempt to suppress Backward Classes numbers, announces statewide protests

BC leaders now want State government to implement 42% reservation in upcoming local body polls

The survey's claim that BCs account for 56.33 percent of the State's population, with 10.08 percent being BC Muslims, came under question for its discrepancies

Move seen as an attempt to discredit the previous government and prevent more embarrassment for Chief Minister who faced a tough time defending the new survey

Says the Congress failed to introduce a Bill for 42 per cent reservations in the Assembly as promised in the Kamareddy BC Declaration meeting

Says the 42 per cent reservation for Backward Classes will require an amendment to the Constitution and not just the survey