Telangana to study Mudiraj community’s BCA classification

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said a cabinet subcommittee would study a proposal to move the Mudiraj community from the BCD to the BCA category, with the issue set for discussion at the next cabinet meeting. No reclassification has been approved, and the proposal remains under examination. Reddy made the announcement at a Hyderabad event marking the 174th birth anniversary of Panduga Sayanna Mudiraj. He said officials and legal experts would be consulted as part of a comprehensive study. The cabinet subcommittee is to consider the proposal before the matter returns to the cabinet for discussion and a decision. Reddy said the community had not previously been reclassified because accurate data was lacking. He said the state’s caste survey would inform the examination. Earlier proposals to change the classification had been rejected by courts for inadequate data, he said. The reports provide no subsequent cabinet decision. The proposal has raised concerns about the effect on other communities already in BCA, including Gangaputras. Reddy asked Backward Classes Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar to engage with those communities and address their concerns. He also said...