Tirupati: Call to make OBC leaders national meet a grand success

Tirupati: As a preparatory exercise to the all-India OBC conference here slated on August 7, leaders from various OBC associations from the state held a meeting for the successful conduct of national-level OBCs meeting.

The meeting presided by AP BC Welfare Association president Kesana Shankar Rao held a detailed discussion on the arrangements for the 8th national OBC conference for which leaders from various states are attending.

Speaking to the media after the meeting, Kesana Shankar Rao said the national meeting will discuss the future courses of action to achieve the demands of OBCs and also the ways and means for uniting the OBCs at all levels to make them a force to reckon in the country.

The main demands include implementation of Mandal Commission recommendations in toto, reservation for OBC in Assembly and parliament seats (MPs, MLAs) and national level caste-based census. State leaders Vandati Venkatesh, National Youth leaders Kummara Kranti, Mobbineni Raghupathi, Nagamalleswara Rao, Jagadeesh, Madhu Achari, Bhaskar, Somasekhar, Jayachandra, Kiran, Yashoda, Sasirekha, Vasu ,OBC association presidents of Kadapa, Kurnool and Nellore districts and BC leaders were present.