Hyderabad, February 10: The Telangana Legislative Assembly on Friday passed a resolution recommending to the Centre to include Valmiki Boya and certain other communities in the list of Scheduled Tribes (ST).

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, who introduced the resolution, said the state government had accepted the recommendation of a Commission of Inquiry for Scheduled Tribes in 2016 for inclusion of Valmiki Boya, Kirataka and other communities in the list of STs and submitted the same to the Centre. However, no no response has been received on the matter, he said. Telangana: KCR Government Hikes Liquor Prices by 20–25% To Mop Up Revenues.

Therefore, the House unanimously resolves to recommend to the Centre to include the said communities in the list of STs, he said, reading out the resolution. Video: Nitish Kumar, KCR's Awkward Moment at Patna Press Conference Over 'PM Candidate' Questions.

He also proposed that the 'Mali' community living in the districts of Adilabad, Komram Bheem Asifabad and Mancherial be included in STs list in view of their socio-economic conditions.

The community has been seeking their inclusion in the STs, Rao said. Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivasa Reddy announced that the resolution was adopted.