Jajula Srinivas Goud
Jajula Srinivas Goud is an Indian social activist and political organizer who has led Backward Classes (BC) welfare movements in Telangana since at least 2018, when he launched the BC Intellectual Forum and later the BC Rajakiya Samiti to demand proportional representation for backward communities[^c9][^c12]. He has served as the State president and subsequently National President of the BC Welfare Association[^c1][^c2], and later as the Working Chairman and Chairman of the BC Joint Action Committee (JAC)[^c5], emerging as one of the prominent voices demanding enhanced reservations, caste enumeration, and proportional political representation for BC communities.
Goud's activism spans legal advocacy, mass mobilization, and cross-party policy engagement. In 2019, he filed a petition in the Telangana High Court challenging the constitutional validity of the 10% Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) reservation for upper castes, arguing that it violated the basic structure of the Constitution[^c3]. In September 2024, he secured a court order directing the state government to complete an empirical inquiry into politically backward classes for local body reservations within three months, a significant legal victory for the BC reservation movement[^c13]. He has led nationwide protests demanding a caste census, including a 2024 demonstration in Delhi where BC organizations called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to conduct a BC census or resign[^c4], and a 2025 black-flag protest during Modi's visit to Hyderabad[^c10]. His efforts culminated in the formation of the BC Joint Action Committee in October 2025, a unified body of 136 BC caste group associations that organized a statewide bandh demanding [[Telangana BC Reservation Movement|42% reservations for BCs in local body elections]][^c5][^c11].
Beyond reservation politics, Goud has advocated for educational and welfare issues affecting BC communities. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he protested the closure of schools while bars remained open, highlighting that 70% of rural students lacked access to online education[^c7]. He has also campaigned for the release of ₹8,000 crore in unpaid tuition fee reimbursement arrears affecting 22 lakh BC students[^c6]. In 2025, he welcomed the Telangana government's order providing 42% BC reservations in local bodies as a historic achievement while warning that the community would oppose any party that challenged the quota[^c8]. His activism continued into 2026 with a BC Welfare Association delegation to Governor Jishnu Dev Varma urging Presidential approval of the 42% BC quota bill[^c15], participation in an indefinite hunger strike demanding OBC inclusion in the national census[^c17], a major OBC rally in Maharashtra where he announced a "BC Garjana" protest in Delhi[^c14], and a statewide college bandh on July 2 that shut down colleges across Telangana over unpaid fee reimbursement dues[^c16][^c18][^c19]. He subsequently criticized the Congress government for allocating 60% of Yadagirigutta temple committee positions to forward castes in violation of Rahul Gandhi's proportional representation promise[^c21], and convened an all-party meeting on July 6, warning that the fee reimbursement movement would be intensified in the style of the Telangana statehood movement if the government did not respond[^c19][^c20].