Congress leader Jairam Ramesh announced that the Congress government in Telangana will commence its long-awaited caste-based survey on Saturday, marking a 'historic and revolutionary' moment for the state.
Taking to his official handle on X, Jairam Ramesh posted, "The Congress Government in Telangana will begin its caste-based survey today. 80,000 ennumerators will be going door to door over the next few weeks, covering over 1.17 crore households across 33 districts."
"This is the first time a caste-based survey is being conducted by the government in Telangana since 1931. It is a historic, revolutionary moment - one that is a realisation of the Telangana Movement's aspirations for the state and a fulfilment of one of the key ideals of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's Constitution," Jairam Ramesh's post read.
He posted, "It is also, as Rahul Gandhi noted in Hyderabad earlier this week, a blueprint for the national caste census that the INDIA coalition's Government will conduct. This census, and the lifting of the Supreme Court's arbitrary ceiling of 50 percent on reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes are central to @INCIndia's vision for the country."
"We are committed to the idea of social, political, and economic justice in India, as laid out in our Constitution and as envisioned by India's founding fathers," said Jairam Ramesh. -- ANI