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Manjunatha panel takes stock of caste equations
On Thursday, the commission interacted with various communities, enquired and recorded their opinions. Later, Justice Manjunatha told media persons that they have been studying the socio, political, economic conditions of various castes in the State and will submit a report to government based of their findings.
Vizianagaram: The much-hyped Manjunatha Commission, which was appointed by State government to study the conditions of BC communities visited Vizianagaram and received appeals from public of various castes.
On Thursday, the commission interacted with various communities, enquired and recorded their opinions. Later, Justice Manjunatha told media persons that they have been studying the socio, political, economic conditions of various castes in the State and will submit a report to government based of their findings.
After getting comprehensive information on various backward communities in our State we will recommend the government to include some castes in the BC group and to upgrade some castes to BC-A from BC-B or C or D.
We are receiving grievances from the castes like Koppala Velama, Nagavamsam, Polinati Velama, Majjula, Yadava and others. We are recording the demands raised by members of these communities.” he added.
Meanwhile, K Muralidhar of Nagavamsam caste appealed to the commission to upgrade their caste into BC-A from BC-D as the people of his community are financially weak and lagging behind in higher education.
Similarly, Gorle Venkata Ramana of Turpu Kapu community also requested the commission to upgrade their caste into BC-A which is in BC-D present.
On the other hand, M Madhu of District BC Sangham appealed the commission not to include other castes in BC list and safeguard their interests. Members of the commission M Satyanarayana, A Krishna Mohan, District Collector Vivek Yadav and others participated in the programme.
