Hyderabad:
The Telangana Legislative Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution on Tuesday, urging the Center to follow the state government-run broad-economic, employment, political and caste survey.
The Chief Minister transferred the proposal, a Revantha Reddy, that the state government is committed to the welfare of backward classes, SCS and STS and other weaker sections in the state.
Sankalp said that the Center should conduct such survey across the country to understand the terms of different castes.
Chairman G Prasad Kumar announced that the proposal was unanimously adopted.
During the one -day special session, to debate the caste survey and also called a judicial commission report on SC classification, Revent Reddy made a statement on the survey conducted by the Congress government.
He underlined the details of the survey shared by Minister of State N Uttam Kumar Reddy two days ago.
Given that according to the law, a constitutional amendment is required to provide 42 percent reservation to backward classes (which leads to violation of 50 percent cap on quota), Mr. Reddy said that Congress for backward classes 42 percent quota will be provided. The upcoming local body elections in the state.
He asked whether the opposition BRS and BJP would follow the suit.
Prior to the 2023 assembly elections, the Congress promised to increase the reservation of backward classes in local bodies to 42 percent.
AIMIM Flore leader Akbaruddin Owaisi’s claim that the caste survey has not been reported in the House only, with only the statement being shared with the members of the Chief Minister, Revent Reddy said that the report is in four editions and the fourth volume Can not be made public. As it belongs to the personal data of citizens.
Given that the government is transparent, he said that it is ready to table the data after the legal vet and there is nothing to hide it.
Referring to the data of an intensive domestic survey (IHS) conducted during the previous BRS government, he said that according to IHS, the population of Muslims was 11 percent, while according to the caste survey it increased to 12.56 percent.
According to IHS, the population of backward classes was 40 percent, while according to the latest survey it is 46.25 percent.
This is the population of other castes (OC), which declined by 21 percent of IHS from 15 percent (including OCS) in caste survey.
In a sharp attack on BRS, Reddy said that the data of IHS was neither approved by the cabinet nor by the Legislative Assembly.
Revanth Reddy alleged that BRS President K Chandrashekhar Rao, his son and party executive president KT Ram Rao and other party leaders, BJP MP DK Aruna did not participate in the caste survey.
Given that the census was held every decade, but Narendra Modi, not after becoming Prime Minister in 2014, alleged that the BJP does not want to give opportunity to backward classes.
Revant Reddy said that the Congress increased it in Parliament to conduct a nationwide survey at the Center through the leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi.
The BRS walked out of the assembly with the party’s working president KT Ram Rao, alleging that the Congress was cheating backward classes as the caste survey is showing a decline in the BC population.
BJP’s Pela Shankar indicated among others that the caste survey report talks about the ‘Muslim BCS’ which is factually wrong. यह कानूनी जांच नहीं कर सकता है, उन्होंने कहा।
The state cabinet on Tuesday morning presented the caste survey and judicial commission report before considering the Legislative Assembly, until it was discussed in the Legislative Assembly.
The State Planning Department, which conducted a caste survey, presented its report on 2 February to the Cabinet Sub-Committee headed by Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy.
According to the caste survey, except Muslim minorities, formed the largest groups, the largest group, which is 46.25 percent of the total of 3.70 crore in Telangana.
Scheduled Castes at 17.43 percent after BC population, tribes scheduled at 10.45 percent, backward classes at 10.08 percent among Muslims, 13.31 percent are OCS 2.48 percent among other castes and Muslims.
(Tagstotransite) Telangana Assembly (T) Caste Survey
