INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Community backing BJP in Telangana after Sub-Categorisation assuranceNew Delhi: Days after promising reservation for Madigas, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Friday asked Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba and other senior officials to expedite the formation of a committee for
with cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba and other officials from the relevant departments asking them to expedite the formation of the
rally on November 14 at Secunderabad in poll-bound Telangana, the PM had said that the Centre will soon form a committee to address Madiga
The rally was organised by the Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi (MRPS), a community organisation of Madigas, one of the biggest
constituents of SCs in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
Modi said BJP has been with the Madiga community in its every struggle for the past three decades.On November 18, Home Minister Amit Shah
had a meeting with over a 1000 Madiga representatives in Secunderabad
called upon various Madiga organisations to work for the victory of BJP in November 30 Telangana assembly elections.In a letter addressed to
various Madigas organisations, Krishna Madiga said Congress had done injustice to them on the demand for sub-categorisation of SC
Congress when in power at the Centre failed to pass a legislation for SC categorisation and during the last 10 years did not extend its
least 50% of the total Scheduled Castes in Telangana, with the 2011 census putting the total SCs at a little over 15% of the population of
For years, the Madiga community has said the benefits of reservation under the SC category have been cornered by the Mala community, with
the Madigas being left out.Since 1994, the community has been struggling for sub-categorisation, first though the Madiga Dandora movement,
Several commissions have been set up to review these demands, including under Justice P
Ramachandra Raju in 1996, and later under Justice Usha Mehra in 2007, both of whom said ways and means could be found for
