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The Telangana Assembly will meet on Tuesday to debate the report on the caste survey conducted in the state.
The state Cabinet will also meet to deliberate on the report before presenting it to the Assembly for discussion, official sources said on Monday.
The secretary to the state legislature said in a letter that the Assembly Speaker has convened a meeting of the Assembly on February 4.
The state planning department, which conducted the survey, submitted its report to the cabinet sub-committee headed by Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Sunday.
According to the caste survey, Backward Classes (BCs), excluding Muslim minorities, form the largest group, constituting 46.25 per cent of Telangana’s total 3.70 crore population.
The BC population is followed by Scheduled Castes (SCs) at 17.43 per cent, Scheduled Tribes (STs) at 10.45 per cent, backward classes among Muslims at 10.08 per cent, Other Castes (OCs) at 13.31 per cent, and OCs among Muslims at 2.48 per cent.
In terms of absolute numbers, the SC population stands at 61,84,319, STs at 37,05,929, BCs (excluding Muslim minorities) at 1,64,09,179, BCs among Muslim minorities at 35,76,588, and Muslim OCs at 8,80,424.
The total Muslim population in the state is 12.56 per cent, Uttam Kumar Reddy said on Sunday.
The Congress government’s comprehensive socio-economic, employment, political, and caste survey—an election promise made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi—was conducted over 50 days, starting on November 6, 2024.
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat will arrive in Kerala for a two-day visit on Tuesday.
After landing at the international airport, he will inaugurate the Tapasya Kalasahitya Vedi Suvarnotsavam at Rajendra Maidan in the evening, a statement said on Monday.
On Wednesday, he will address a conference being held as part of the Cherukolpuzha Hindu Religious Convention in Pathanamthitta district. Bhagwat will leave the state on February 6, the statement added.
The RSS chief was in the state for six days in January as part of organisational activities.
Senior BJP legislator Basanagouda Patil Yatnal on Monday said he, along with other “loyal” party leaders would travel to New Delhi on February 4 to present their grievances to the BJP high command regarding state unit chief B Y Vijayendra and his father, veteran leader B S Yediyurappa.
The Bijapur city MLA dubbed Vijayendra and his family as “corrupt” and accused them of engaging in “adjustment politics” with the ruling Congress, as he also called on the BJP to end nepotism.
“We are going to Delhi tomorrow, to tell (party leadership) about Yediyurappa and his son’s deeds. Do you (party) want a corrupt family or honest and loyal party workers? The nepotism in the BJP should end. The leadership should be given into the hands of those who follow hindutva, taking it away from a corrupt family,” Yatnal told reporters on Monday.
– With PTI inputs
