Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao declared that the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) would organize a national-level Dalit Conclave in Hyderabad shortly to discuss and find solutions to challenges faced by Dalits in the country.
He stated that the State government was implementing multiple schemes for the socio-economic development of Dalits including Dalit Bandhu which should be replicated across the country.
He was speaking to the leaders from various political parties including the prominent Dalit leader and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) president Thol Thirumavalavan. They were felicitated by the Chief Minister on the occasion.
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Speaking on the occasion, Thirumavalavan said no State in the country was implementing as many schemes as Telangana for Dalits. He termed Dalit Bandhu as a game changer for the socio-economic development of Dalits.
Farmers leader Rakesh Rafiq and Akshay, senior journalist Vineeth Narayan, Samyukth Kisan Morcha leader Gurnam Singh, and farmers leader Dasarath Sawanth were among those who called on the Chief Minister.
Led by Congress senior leader and former minister Mohammed Shabbir Ali, hundreds of Congress party workers staged a protest in front of Domakonda Government Hospital in Kamareddy district on Tuesday, demanding immediate upgrades and improvements to the healthcare facility. Shabbir Ali warned that if the hospital is not upgraded to a 100-bed facility by the 1st of July, he would initiate a hunger strike.
Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi (MRPS) Founder President Manda Krishna Madiga alleged that the Dalit Bandhu scheme which was announced by the Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao has large-scale corruption, while the Rythu Bandu scheme is only for the rich farmers, These schemes are being misused in the name of Dalits.
Stray dogs roam free in Jagtial district. They are attacking day and night. Dogs are barking at children playing in the streets. As a result, children are hospitalized.
State BJP President Bandi Sanjay has made a scathing attack on 9 years of BRS government. He came down heavily on the State government under KCR which he alleged that it failed to fulfill the promises and the turning the State into debt ridden.