Telangana Deputy Bhatti makes a pitch for Cong, INDIA Bloc to lift OBC quota in Parliament

In an energy level presentation to the INDIA Bloc MPs on Telangana’s socio-economic caste survey in New Delhi on Thursday (July 24, 2025) night, Mr. Bhatti, defined your complete course of adopted by the State Government and asserted that the survey was performed in a meticulous and foolproof method which nobody may query. “The survey was accomplished inside 50 days utilizing two-lakh human assets together with 94,000 enumerators,” Mr. Bhatti instructed the gathering.

Stating that the caste census was historic, the Deputy Chief Minister stated the train was not only a caste-based enumeration. “It was a complete socio-economic, employment, political, and caste survey, as promised by Rahul Gandhi earlier than the [2023] Assembly elections,” he stated pointing that on February 4 final 12 months, the Cabinet handed a decision to conduct the survey, which was unanimously permitted. “The similar month, a decision for a complete door-to-door survey was launched and handed within the Assembly,” he famous.

Pointing out that Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi had warned that even a small error in a nationwide challenge just like the caste census may result in main penalties, the federal government ensured that each step was taken with utmost care.

Elaborating on how carefully the State equipment together with the Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy instantly monitored the train, Mr. Bhatti stated to make sure ease and completeness, the federal government introduced at school lecturers as survey companions.

Mr. Bhatti defined that the collected information was entered on-site by information entry operators within the presence of enumerators, guaranteeing accuracy and eliminating errors. The particulars have been secured at mandal facilities, like election information to forestall tampering. “In response to Opposition criticisms, survey kinds have been offered with signatures of homeowners, proving authenticity,” he stated.

Overcoming the allegations that the survey was aimed toward chopping again welfare schemes, clarifications by the Ministers constructed public confidence and boosted participation. After completion, the survey report was submitted to a Cabinet Sub-Committee chaired by Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, who expressed satisfaction and beneficial it to the Cabinet.

The Deputy Chief Minister stated the survey was accomplished and the report was tabled within the Assembly and despatched to the Central Government after approval. He instructed the MPs that to keep away from any notion that this was a partisan survey by Congress, occasion management together with Rahul Gandhi and AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge urged forming a committee headed by Justice Sudarshan Reddy, together with distinguished economists and internationally famend students.

Further, Mr. Bhatti stated how an impartial professional committee reviewed and praised the survey, affirming its thoroughness and reliability. He stated the survey decided that OBCs represent 56% of Telangana’s inhabitants. Based on this, a Cabinet decision was handed recommending 42% reservation for OBCs in native our bodies. It was tabled within the Assembly and forwarded to the Centre. The similar 42% reservation can be proposed in schooling and employment, not simply politics.