Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy at the birth anniversary celebrations of Telangana folk hero Pandaga Sayanna Mudiraj in Hyderabad on Thursday (October 22, 2026) | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Telangana Chief Minister A.

Revanth Reddy called upon people to extend their full support to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the next general elections, describing the polls as crucial for the country and asserting that the empowerment of the backward classes would be possible only if Mr. Gandhi becomes Prime Minister.Participating in the birth anniversary celebrations of Telangana folk hero Pandaga Sayanna Mudiraj in Hyderabad on Thursday (October 22, 2026), the Chief Minister said his government gave top priority to the political empowerment of Backward Classes (BCs) and announced that a Cabinet sub-committee would be constituted to examine the demand for the inclusion of the Mudiraj community in the BC-A category.He said the issue would be discussed at the next Cabinet meeting, adding that the sub-committee would undertake a comprehensive study of the matter.

He said the community had not been reclassified from BC-D to BC-A earlier as accurate data was lacking.Recalling his decisions as Pradesh Congress Committee president, he said Vakiti Srihari Mudiraj was appointed District Congress Committee president, given a party ticket and subsequently inducted into his Cabinet as a Minister.Mr. Revanth Reddy asked Minister Ponnam Prabhakar to take up the demand for an MLC ticket for a Mudiraj representative with TPCC president B.

Mahesh Kumar Goud. “It is my responsibility to ensure that the Mudiraj community becomes a partner in the government,” he said.He also announced that statues of Pandaga Sayanna and Doddi Komaraiah, both remembered for their resistance to oppression, would be installed on Tank Bund in Hyderabad.The Chief Minister listed the welfare measures being implemented by his government for disadvantaged communities and poorer sections. Referring to the public distribution system, he said the government supplied fine-quality rice to 3.48 crore people.He said the government expanded welfare initiatives and constructed Indiramma houses across villages.

Welfare programmes introduced by former Chief Ministers N.T. Rama Rao, N.

Chandrababu Naidu, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and K.

Chandrashekar Rao were continued, he said, while highlighting the State’s efforts to address the needs of poorer households. Published - October 22, 2026 04:07 pm IST