CPI (M) State secretary B.V. Raghavulu has demanded that the government spend Rs. 15,000 crore in the next three years to develop dalit habitations in the State and undo the injustice done to the dalits on the development front.
Participating in a public meeting in Khammam on Tuesday marking the culmination of the 76-day ‘Dalita Chaitanya' cycle rally of Kulavivaksha Vyatireka Porata Sangham (KVPS) and the Vyavasaya Karmika Sangham (AIAWU), Mr. Raghavulu alleged that the meagre budgetary allocations and diversion of funds sanctioned for the dalits compounded the woes of the latter making their lives miserable. Referring to the assurances given by the government following the fast staged by him and other party leaders last month, Mr. Raghavulu demanded that the government constitute a nodal agency to ensure effective utilisation of the funds sanctioned under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe sub plans. The government chose to hike the wages of MLAs and MLCs, leaving the hapless tenant farmers, mostly comprising dalits, to their fate, he charged and warned that the party would launch an intensive struggle if the government failed to act on its assurances. Appreciating party Central Committee member T. Veerabhadram for successfully leading the cycle rally covering the dalit habitations in the district, he said a broad-based movement would be built to sustain the tempo and lead the struggle to its logical end. MLC Chukka Ramaiah, Justice Punnaiah, and Mr. Veerabhadram spoke.
(Courtesy: The Hindu)
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