New Delhi: Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the letter, the former appealed to the Prime Minister to conduct a backward classes (BC) census.

In the letter, Chandrababu attempted to explain to the Prime Minister in detail that injustice was being done to BCs without the proper information. Chandrababu further mentioned in his letter that no matter how many welfare programs are implemented, backward classes are lagging in all respects. He explained in the letter that had the BC census been done correctly, BCs would get benefitted.

Underling that the backward classes constitute the majority of the population in India, Naidu reiterated the need for a caste-based census and said, "Despite various Government policies aimed at their welfare and development, BCs continue to live in poverty and deprivation. This is due to the lack of adequate data on their population that also impedes the effectiveness of the implementation of schemes meant to uplift them. Therefore, it is requested to include caste data in census enumeration to ensure targeted welfare and development of backward classes."

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