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.
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
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with comparisons to Karnataka’s Socio-Economic and Education Survey in 2014, which also cost Rs 160 cr, but remained unpublished due to internal disagreements within Congress
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
The population of BCs is followed by the Scheduled Castes (17.43 per cent), Scheduled Tribes (10.45%), Backward Classes among Muslims (10.08%) and Other Castes (13.31%)