Washermen Societies Federation inTelugu-speaking States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana urged the Centre to concede the long-pending demand for inclusion of the backward community in the list of Scheduled Castes.
Federation president Pathapati Anji Babu told reporters here on Tuesday “it is time for Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to redeem his poll promise to the members of the 65 lakh-strong community in the State.” The community faced social discrimination in villages where sexual assaults on washerwomen were on the rise, he said and wanted enactment of a piece of legislation to put an end to atrocities on members of the community.
