Kancha Ilaiah refutes rumours of joining Congress

HYDERABAD

Prominent writer and political theorist Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd, who has been nominated to the OBC Ideological Advisory Committee of the Congress, denied rumours that he had joined the Congress party.

Mr. Ilaiah was one of the 23 persons nominated to the committee, from across the country, as per a list released by the party.

“I may have shaped the understanding of the party about the need for the caste census, but it is wrong to say that I have joined the party. This news is being spread by the right-wing forces with malicious intentions,” he said.

Mr. Ilaiah has been supporting Rahul Gandhi’s campaign for the protection of the Constitution and also nation-wide caste census. He recently worked as the vice-chairman of the Independent Expert Working Group that submitted a detailed report on Telangana Socio, Economic, Educational, Employment, and Political Caste survey.