Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing a public meeting organized by the Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi (MRPS) at the Parade Grounds in Hyderabad this evening.
This is part of the BJP’s outreach to Scheduled Caste (SC) communities ahead of the November 30 Telangana Assembly polls.
The MRPS has been demanding a separate numerical survey of Dalit castes and the provision of quotas commensurate with their numerical strength.
The MRPS has invited Modi with the expectation that he would give approval for the sub-categorisation of reservations for the Scheduled Caste communities, as he had assured that the BJP would appoint a Chief Minister from among the Backward communities if voted to power.
MRPS president Munnangi Nagaraju Madiga said that they had mobilised over 15 lakh members from nine states, including Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Odisha, for the meeting.
“We have been fighting for SC categorisation for decades. Modi will make an announcement in favour of the Madiga community,” Nagaraju said.
This is Modi’s second visit to Hyderabad in a week. On November 7, the PM had addressed the ‘BC Atma Gourava Sabha (backward classes self-respect meeting)’ in Hyderabad, where he continued the BJP’s outreach efforts towards Backward Class (BC) communities and reiterated the party’s promise to name a BC Chief Minister if it came to power.
