
Dedication Commission Chairman Ranjan Mishra said that the Supreme Court guidelines are the standard for reservations for Backward Classes (BCs) in local bodies. He held a study on reservations and received requests from leaders of BC associations at the PGRS hall in the Collectorate on Saturday. He said that the opinions, suggestions and suggestions of BCs across the state will be received as per the Supreme Court guidelines, a comprehensive study will be conducted and a report will be prepared. Earlier, the commission reviewed the procedures with the BC Welfare Department officials. He said that the commission will collect comprehensive information on the population of BCs in local body elections, their social and economic conditions, and the political representation they are getting in local bodies. He said that the commission will travel to receive information that reflects the current situation. He said that there are a large number of problems of the Vanniya, Kshatriya, Kuraba and Rajaka castes in the district. Collector Sumit Kumar said that there are about 4.30 lakh voters in the district. He said that in 2021, 181 BCs were elected as sarpanches and 2500 as ward members under reservation. BC association leaders Shanmugam, Ravindra Raju, DRO Mohan Kumar, ZP CEO Ravikumar, Commissioner Narasimha Prasad, BC Welfare Officer Rabbani Basha and others participated in this program.
Dedication Commission Chairman Rajiv Mishra inspected the state BC records at the 75 Doddipalle Secretariat in Chittoor City. He said that the unified family survey list should be displayed accessible to the public in the village and ward secretariats. An ID should be allotted to each family.