Hyderabad, Nov.5 (NSS): Today’s crucial meeting to discuss caste census survey in Telangana will become Golden letter day in the history of India, said Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka.
Speaking at the meeting to deliberate on caste census at Gandhi Auditorium in Boyenpally on Tuesday, Bhatti Vikramarka said the decision on caste census was taken after Congress party’s beloved leader Rahul Gandhi was convinced during his Padayatra from Kashmir to Kanya Kumari by interacting with people from all sections of society.
He firmly believed that the caste census was the only way to make available nation’s resources and assets equally to all sections of society and to render justice to all.
Bhatti recalled that Rahul Gandhi had predicted before general elections that Congress party would assume power in Telangana state and announced that caste census would commence from here itself.
“From the day Congress party came into power in Telangana, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and the entire Cabinet started working on giving shape and direction to Rahul Gandhi’s thoughts and ideas on conducting caste census in the country,” he said.
“The first step was to pass an unanimous resolution on caste census in the State Assembly , then issuing a GO based on the Assembly resolution through the Planning department to bring it into the public domain,” Bhatti said.
“Today, Rahul Gandhi is holding discussions with intellectuals, social scientists of Telangana society to decide what questions to be included in the caste census survey to cover all categories of people and what type of information should be elicited through the survey, Bhatti disclosed.
He also said that already meetings were held with key leaders of the Congress party on caste census at Gandhi Bhavan . As per the instructions of PCC President Mahesh Kumar Goud, District Congress Committees had met and gathered information at the district level.
As part of this process , suggestions and views of intellectuals will be taken and Rahul Gandhi ‘s ideas and opinions on the subject will be understood to frame and finalise questions in caste census survey to collect comprehensive information, Bhatti added.
