Telangana CM tables caste survey in Assembly, says it will drive socio-political changes

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday tabled the state’s caste survey in the Assembly, stating that the Congress had fulfilled its election promise within a year, The Indian Express reported.

Reddy said in the Assembly that there had been a demand from the historically Backward Classes that “they should be enumerated” and that the tabling of the survey was a “historical moment” for the state.

“For any policy to come into effect, there should be data to support it,” the chief minister said. “The data from the caste survey will be used to bring socio-political changes in the state.”

Reddy said that no one had tried to enumerate the Backward Classes in 75 years since Independence. “Congress leader Rahul Gandhi promised to enumerate different castes during his Bharat Jodo Yatra… We have fulfilled that promise,” he said.

Earlier in the day, the Cabinet had approved the survey report, which the state government has said will act as a roadmap for the development of the Backward Classes.

He said that the Cabinet had approved the conduct of the survey exactly a year ago on February 4, 2024.

The survey data released on Sunday showed that Backward Classes constituted 56.3% of Telangana’s population in Telangana. In absolute numbers, the population of the Backward Classes in the state stood at 1.9…

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