Hyderabad, May 11 -- Telangana BC Welfare and Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar emphasised that the state has set a precedent for the entire nation by successfully conducting a transparent BC caste survey and passing a landmark bill to increase reservations for Backward Classes (BCs) in political and educational spheres by 42 per cent.
In a statement here on Sunday, Prabhakar recalled that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, during his Bharat Jodo Yatra, had promised a caste census across the nation to reflect the true social realities of India.
Fulfilling this promise at the state level, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, Deputy Chief Minister Batti Vikramarka, and the state cabinet undertook a legally sound and comprehensive BC caste survey in...