Why A.P. joined chorus for caste-wise BC census
The Hindu
YSRCP, TDP championing the cause as Backward Classes remain a major vote bank in State
Andhra Pradesh has jumped on to the bandwagon of States that are pressing the need for conducting Backward Classes (BCs) census, along with the 20221 national census to fulfil the long-standing demand of various communities.
Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Telangana have already joined the chorus for the caste-wise census.
The State Cabinet has authorised BC Welfare Minister Ch. Venu Gopala Krishna to table a resolution in Andhra Pradesh Assembly urging the Union Government to take up a caste census. This would be the second resolution, if adopted by the Assembly, as a similar resolution was adopted during the TDP rule.
Senior BJP leader and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Saturday (November 23, 2024) said the landslide victory of the Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra Assembly election was historic, and that it reflected people’s mindset across the country. She added that the DMK would be unseated from power in the 2026 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu and that the BJP would be the reason for it.