Telangana pulls off the caste census as promised
Telangana’s Congress authorities received a caste census executed in document time, introduced its main findings within the legislative meeting on 4 February and—not withstanding the grumblings of the principle opposition events within the state, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and the BJP—is now in pole place forward of the native physique elections due as soon as voter lists are finalised by 15 February.
Pulling the caste-based census off as promised might be seen as chief minister Revanth Reddy’s private accomplishment. It can go a great distance in the direction of establishing him as a broad-based chief, greater than an influential member of the Reddy group, the landed caste that not solely dominates politics however can be seen because the spine of the Congress occasion over a number of a long time.
A lot of undivided Andhra Pradesh’s best-known political leaders together with chief ministers Ok. Brahmananda Reddy, M. Chenna Reddy, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (who turned President of India) had been all from this group.
A recap of the SEEEPC 2024
Over 50 days in November and December 2024, almost 100,000 enumerators went from door to door, visiting almost 1.12 crore households to get the small print of three.54 crore individuals (96 per cent of the state’s inhabitants) for the Socio-Financial, Instructional, Employment, Political and Caste (SEEEPC) Survey.
They had been armed with a 57-point questionnaire overlaying about 75 knowledge factors. Classes of ‘no caste’ and ‘no faith’ had been additionally listed. Following the survey, the chief minister offered the findings within the Telangana meeting on 4 February 2025.
Backward Courses (BC), together with Muslims, accounted for 56.33 per cent of the inhabitants. Non-Muslim BCs accounted for 46.25 per cent or 1.64 crore whereas BC Muslims at 35.77 lakh accounted for 10.08 per cent of the pattern.
