BRS MLC K Kavitha demanded separate bills for 46 per cent BC reservation in education, employment, and politics, warning that a single bill would be challenged in the courts. She criticised the Congress government for manipulating Backward Classes (BC) census data and suppressing opposition
voices.
Dismissing the Congress-led caste survey as a sham, she questioned why the 2014 Comprehensive Household Survey conducted during the K Chandrashekhar Rao government showed BC population at 52 per cent, while the new survey claims only 46 per cent. “Why this discrepancy? Why has not the government released its findings?” she asked.