HYDERABAD: Backing Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on the Telangana Caste Census, Telangana BJP president N. Ramchander Rao launched a scathing attack on the ruling Telangana Congress government, calling its survey a mere “political stunt.”
Rao questioned the Congress party’s sincerity toward the upliftment of backward communities, stating, “If the Congress was truly committed to the welfare of backward classes, why didn’t it conduct a nationwide caste census during its 56 years in power?”
He reminded that the Congress-led UPA government had carried out a nationwide survey in 2011, spending over ₹4,000 crore of public funds, yet failed to release the findings. “Even after such massive expenditure, the report was never published. What were they hiding?” he asked.
Citing a similar case in Karnataka, Rao noted that the Siddaramaiah-led government in 2015 spent over ₹150 crore on a caste survey, the results of which also remain unpublished. “Now, in Karnataka, the Congress is promising another survey this pattern only shows their repeated betrayal of backward communities,” he added.
Rao slammed CM Revanth Reddy-led Telangana government, labeling its survey as “unscientific and flawed.” He challenged the Chief Minister’s intent, stating, “If Mr. Revanth Reddy is genuinely concerned about the backward classes, why didn’t his government follow due procedure during enumeration and while preparing the report?”