Rayala Telangana is a crude attempt to maintain Reddy dominance

Hard-nosed analysts know that although India is a democracy, Indian politics is all about caste.
The Congress in Andhra Pradesh has been the domain of the Reddys ever since it struck deep roots in this part of the world with the Kapus (an intermediate farming caste) and the Dalits as junior partners. Reddys form only 8% of the state's population but as feudal lords in a state where land reforms have been conspicuous by their absence, their influence extends far beyond their numbers.