TPCC chief reiterates demand for BC/OBC column in Census-2027, assures greater political share for BCs
The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) is advocating for the inclusion of a BC/OBC column in the 2027 national census. Party leaders argue that this data is essential for ensuring equitable political representation and welfare distribution.
Why it matters
Caste-based census data is a highly contentious political issue in India, directly influencing reservation policies and electoral strategies.
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president B. Mahesh Kumar Goud said that the Congress was committed to securing a greater political share for Backward Classes (BCs) and asserted that a BC leader would become Chief Minister of Telangana in future.
He reiterated the demand for inclusion of a BC/OBC column in the nationwide Census-2027 and called upon BCs to unite and fight for its inclusion.
Addressing a public meeting, organised under the chairmanship of TPCC OBC cell chairman and MLA Veerlapalli Shankar at Shamshabad on Sunday (October 4, 2026), Mr. Goud said that Rahul Gandhi had given the Congress the political confidence to take up the cause of BC rights and social justice.
Telangana had set an example by conducting a caste survey, he said and slammed the Centre for exclusion of OBCs from its surveys while retaining the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) categories.
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