Hyderabad, Dec. 31 -- For the Congress government in Telangana, led by A Revanth Reddy, 2025 was a year of consolidation of power, even as it proved a year of mostly setbacks as far as the opposition Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) was concerned.

The year began with the completion of a comprehensive caste survey in the state, launched in late 2024 and wrapped up by January 2025. According to the survey's findings, other backward classes (OBCs) accounted for 56.33% of the state's population. Muslims constituted 12.56% of the population, out of whom 10.08% fell under the backward classes category. The survey was tabled in the state assembly on February 4.

Opposition parties- the BRS and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rejected the survey as ...