Conduct OBC census, BC panel to Modi

HYDERABAD: The Telangana State Commission for Backward Classes on Saturday wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging the Centre to conduct OBC census at the earliest.

Chairman of the commission Dr Vakulabharanam Krishna Mohan Rao pointed out that the census would mitigate many legal and other complications arising out of several litigations. “BJP as of now (is) projected to be pro OBCs but in reality, we did not find any substance in its claims. Such a defiance of (the) popular demand for caste census would undo the social justice and empowerment as enshrined in the Constitution,” Rao wrote.

He added that OBCs constitute over 50 per cent of the population and most states, including Telangana, had adopted unanimous resolutions in their respective Assemblies for a clear-cut caste census in 2021.