Dudekula Community Demands Change From BC-B To BC-E

The Telangana State Muslim Noorbasha Dudekula BC Association, and Muslim Minority Welfare Association president Md Ahmed Mohiuddin and state working president Fakir Saheb demanded that the state government initiate immediate steps to remove the Dudekula community from the BC-B list and classify it under the BC-E list.

Speaking to mediapersons on Monday, Ahmed Mohiuddin and Fakir Saheb stated that various Dudekula community groups like the Sattar Saheb, Fakir Saheb and Babjani groups had merged into one group, and that Ahmed Mohiuddin of Karimnagar district had been unanimously elected as the state committee president and Fakir Saheb of Khammam district was elected as the state working president.

Presenting a united front, the Dudekula community leaders further stated that they would soon form a state committee in order to urge the Telangana government to shift the Dudekula community from the BC-B to the BC-E list.

The leaders also said that the Dudekula Corporation existed on paper alone, and demanded that the government transfer Rs. 500 crores from the Muslim Federation and Minority Corporation to the Dudekula Corporation and appoint an executive committee to regulate its proceedings.

They also urged the Chief Minister to allot a plot of five acres alongside the funds for the construction of a Dudekula Muslim Bhavan in the state capital.

In a final statement, they demanded that in recognition that the people of the Dudekula community constituted nearly half of the Muslim minority population in the state, the state government take immediate steps to give the community its fair share of nominated posts including MLCs, Rajya Sabha members and corporation chairmen.

Community leaders Raj Mohammed, Shaik Jani Miya, Ghalib, Ankush, Wahed Khan and Saidulu among others attended the meeting.