Hyderabad, Aug. 11 -- Telangana Backward Classes Commission Chairman G Niranjan on Tuesday, August 11, urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take expeditious steps to include 40 communities in the Central Other Backward Classes (OBC) List.

He emphasised that the matter has been pending for a long time and needs to be resolved at the earliest in view of the upcoming Census 2027. He added that the matter was previously brought to the PM's attention on April 13.

After the last representation, the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment had sought details of the 40 communities from Telangana, and the list had been forwarded to the Central Government on July 18.

On August 3, a letter from the Director of the Ministry of Social Just...