Who’s counting? In Andhra, chorus grows for Telangana-style caste survey

Goud said that as the numerical strength of BCs in Andhra Pradesh rises, it is important to conduct a census of BC castes. - Jajula Srinivas Goud)

Political and Caste (SEEEPC) Survey, leaders and organisations representing the Backward Classes (BC) in Andhra Pradesh are demanding a similar exercise there. BC leaders recently met Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and suggested conducting a survey on the same lines.

On April 16, the Andhra Pradesh High Court directed the state government to file an affidavit by April 23 about the survey. Several BC activists had filed petitions in the court stating that while the TDP-led NDA government claims to have started the BC census in the state and is nearing completion, no one knows which department is conducting the exercise, and no one has reached out to BC communities to record their details.