Hyderabad, Sept. 14 -- Telangana Government Advisor and senior Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao on Monday alleged that the Centre was denying justice to Backward Classes by failing to include a separate OBC category in the ongoing census.
Speaking to the media at Gandhi Bhavan, Hanumantha Rao said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had consistently raised the issue of injustice being done to BCs, along with SCs and STs.
He alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had opposed the caste census out of fear that it would politically benefit Rahul Gandhi.
Hanumantha Rao said the Telangana government had fulfilled its commitment to BCs by passing a Cabinet resolution on the BC caste census and providing 42 per cent reservation for BCs in local body...