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It may be a daunting task for him to secure a third term without the backing of OBC groups. In addition, NTR also introduced reservations in local bodies, politically empowering OBCs at the grassroots level. Munnuru Kapus have historically been associated with the Congress. They are primarily an Agrarian community. The Reddys, a resource-rich political class, are consolidating behind the Congress after A. Revanth Reddy became the partys state president. Hardcore loyalists who have been with the party right from the statehood movement are playing second fiddle to these defectors, Rajendar alleged. VIJAYAWADA: The Munnuru Kapu community people in the seven mandals, which were merged with Andhra Pradesh from Telangana, as per the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014 will now be considered BC-D category. The situation has become much worse after Telangana achieved statehood, Suman contended. By putting K. Laxman in charge of the National OBC Morcha, the BJP aims to mobilise OBCs across the south of India. 1.Punjal shivashanker 2.Kancherla keshavarao 3.Uthpal Hanumantharau 4.K.Ashanna 5.Alladi Rajkumar MLAs 1.Darmapuri Srinivas 2.Endala Laximi Narayana 3.Jogu Ramanna 4.Dasyam Vinay Bhasker 5.Ponnala Laximaiah 6.Konda sureka 7.Dhanam Nagenader 8.Somavarapu satyanarayana 9.Bajireddy Govardhan They said the community should have cast feeling but not cast discrimination. Advertise With Us | Aravind, known for his communal remarks, to threaten religious minorities, as Aravind recently did by reminding C.P. TRS committed to develop Munnuru Kapu community - The Hans India Opinion: The BJP seeks to gain political ground in Telangana amid the Another senior leader Etela Rajender, a six-time MLA and three-time minister in the KCR government, raised a banner of revolt against his mentor and switched to the BJP, expecting a more promising career in the saffron party. Munnuru Kapu caste has been active in politics since preindependence era. "The community has turned restless and demanding that a leader from their community should become the MLA. He was thought to be the right choice to lead the BJP to take on the KCR-led TRS government in the run-up to the next elections. There is no Vajpayee-Advani liberal-extreme binary in Telangana. When the winner of the Dubbak by-poll is announced on November 10, the people of Telangana will know once and for all the political direction in which the state is headed. Both Aravind and Sanjay are popularly known as Munnuru Kapu Hindu Tigers. Copyright - newindianexpress.com 2023. Hyderabad:K. Chandrasekhar Rao of the ruling Telangana Rastra Samithi (TRS) has acquired the image of a bahubali (strongman) by winning one election after the other ever since he became the chief minister of the countrys youngest southern state. 5 things to know about Kapus, their reservation demand and protests But we need to be judicious while moderating your comments. Vaddiraju Ravichandra - Wikipedia LTD. All rights reserved. Vinod happens to be a close relative of both KCR and Vidyasagar Rao. The maxim the blood is thicker than water comes true in the internal caste dynamics of the state BJP. Bandi Sanjay, M.P.D. Reddy, who went to the Lok Sabha on the TRS ticket in 2014, defected to the BJP ahead of the general elections in 2019. Equality of status opportunities and before law is the central theme of democracy in total contrast with the unequal social order that prevailed in the cast ridden cultural heritage. I was the first woman to be nominated to the Legislative Council from my community. Munnurukapu caste research center by Parvatham Venkateshwar. The Salman Khan starrer which NTR 30 Muhurtham event began in an auspicious ceremonial way in Hyderabad which was attended by the film Crew and Ace producer Dil Raju. The 51-year-old took over the state party reins on the back of BJPs spectacular show in the 2019 general elections in Telangana. In a statement here on Friday they said that there were 75 to 80 lakh Munnuru Kapus in the State and they were growing politically and economically because of the support of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, but the BJP government was trying to tarnish their image. TRS is established in 2001 and contested in three elections. In 2014 elections largest number of representatives i.e. But they had inadequate share in two Assembly elections together 2009 and 2014 with 12 members. This has widened the caste divide, Suman told The Wire. All rights reserved. Aravind grew stronger and gained huge following among the youth of telangana with his consistency in attacking the KCR family by pointing out their political failures. Leaders like V. Hanumantha Rao,. This will benefit the party even more after the release of the OBC sub-categorisation report and any further policies that the Narendra Modi government at the Centre may adopt to safeguard lower OBCs. Pallikonda Manikanta is an MPhil student at the Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. The Telangana movement continued for 14 years. Caste, Region and 'Hindu Rashtra': The Many Shades of the By-Election Leaders like Dharmapuri Srinivas , Keshava Rao, V Hanumanth Rao were able to reach top leadership but they could not depict themselves but just remain as deputy or shadows of the other OC caste leaders. After Telangana became a separate state, the KCR government only helped reinforce the caste-entrenched feudal relations in the hinterlands. It is interesting to note that 22 members of Munnurukapu community members are elected from the congress party in eight elections, whereas 12 members are elected from TDP. KCRs alliance with the AIMIM came in handy for the national ruling party to capitalise on the widening religious divide. Ramanthapur: Telangana Munnuru Kapu Maha Sabha state president Sardar Puttam Purusotham has called upon the community members to follow social trends and to get strong financially, politically and socially. ': On May Day, workers rally for betterlabor conditions, Karnataka polls: BJP releases manifesto,promises UCC, freegas cylinders, milk packet, SC says it can dissolve marriage on grounds of 'irretrievable breakdown', The Morning Standard | Dinamani | Kannada Prabha | Samakalika Malayalam | Cinema Express | Indulgexpress | Edex Live | Events Xpress, Contact Us | For the ruling TRS, in fact, winning this election, the result of which will be declared on November 10, is a question of survival. They are all entitled the Dalit Bandhu scheme, as per the KCRs promise. The Munnuru Kapu votebank will be the tipping factor in the ensuing election. When Dalits are due to get three cabinet posts in proportion to their population, KCR gave them only one ministry, Murali told The Wire. The BJP is a national party known for its ideology, discipline and commitment. Samithi members Palvancha Rajesh, Gaurishetty Vinod, G Harish and others called on Ravichandra at his residence on Friday to express solidarity to him. AP Jithendra Reddy, former MP and senior party leader, projected Sanjay as the future chief minister at the rally, exuding confidence that the condition of farmers in Telangana would improve in the Sanjay-led BJP government, which he predicted will be formed after state elections in 2023. In the subsequent by-election in Dubbak, in KCRs native district, and the elections for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) too, the BJP stunned the TRS cadres by making inroads into the their bastions. The Kapu question: Should a socially powerful but economically weak Munnurukapu caste research center by Parvatham Venkateshwar. The by-poll in Dubbak assembly constituency, Telangana, seems set to show the political mood of the state even before the elections to the legislative council and the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) take place. Dalits in the village had reportedly removed their thatched houses in the hope of the housing they had been promised. His plan was to highlight the plight of local Dalit families. She says that more such programmes would be organised in Siddipet and Karimnagar districts soon. He later Joined TRS party in 2019. For Ex: Dharmapuri Srinivas was PCC president during Y.S R. Reddys Tenure , therefore he could only enjoy little dominance over the party and that too in Telangana region. Further, different political parties have become synonymous with dominant communities such as Congress for Reddys and TDP for Kammas. Sanjays projection as CM candidate has put many in the party at unease, with rival factions opposing his leadership. Caste engineering in Telangana - The Hindu Mallikarjun Kharge's son Priyank calls PM Modi 'nalayak', Locals remember 'doctor sahib' and his family killed in Ludhiana gas leak incident, Police stop A R Rahman's Pune concert citing 10 pm deadline, 'Reduce our working hours! Careers, Home | Nation | World | Cities | Business | Columns | Entertainment | Sport | Magazine | The Sunday Standard. Their political share in Assembly increased with the emergence of TRS. Published: 21st August 2022 04:24 AM| Though the Velamas support the TRS, the Reddys could switch between all the three major parties in the state. But the BJP won four seats out of the states 17 Lok Sabha seats and the TRS ended up with only nine seats. All the BJP leaders in the state display a similar masculine Hindutva aggressive body language. He also succeeded in roping Union Home Minister Amit Shah for the Telangana Liberation Day programme at Nirmal on September 17, 2021. These communities never allowed other BCs to emerge independently.
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