National BC Welfare Association ‘s State general secretary B. Seetham Naidu and others garlanding statue of Jyotirao Phule and Savitribai Phule in Vizianagaram on Sunday.
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National Backward Classes Association’s Andhra Pradesh State general secretary Burli Seetham Naidu on Sunday urged the political parties to allocate more seats for the BCs in the municipal, ZPTC, MPTC elections in accordance to their population in their respective areas.
Addressing the media conference in Vizianagaram, he said the NBCWA will hold its conclave in Visakhapatnam very soon to highlight the issues such as allocation of more seats of BCs, reservation for BCs in Parliament, Assembly and other legislative bodies and OBC reservation facility at national level and other issues.
Mr. Naidu said that NBCWA National president R. Krishnaiah and the Association’s State president Madduluru Subhash Yadav will attend the conclave and bring the issues of BCs to the notice of the government. He said government should take up BCs population count during Census so t hat it would know the the population is more than 70% in the State.
He requested BC Dedicated Commission Chairman Rajiv Ranjan Mishra to recommend political reservation for all 138 communities in the State. Mr. Naidu said that the party had appointed new committees for Vizianagaram district and Assembly constituencies with an aim to unite the backward classes in nook and corner of the State.
Published – July 05, 2026 08:50 pm IST
