The CPI (M) State secretary B.V.Raghavulu has demanded that the government allocate Rs.10,000 crore in the State budget exclusively for the development of dalit habitations and improvement of the living conditions of the dalits.
Mr. Raghavulu arrived in Madhira on Saturday to extend solidarity to the 73-day cycle rally being organised by the activists of the Kulavivaksha Vyatireka Porata Sangham (KVPS) and the Vyavasaya Karmika Sangham (AIAWU) to create awareness among the dalits on their rights and due share in development. Accompanied by CPI (M) Central Committee member and honorary president of KVPS district unit, Tammineni Veerabhadram, and other cyclists, Mr. Raghavulu pedalled a distance of about 12 km from Illuru to Dendukur in the mandal and visited several dalit habitations en route the cycle rally.
He interacted with the dalits at several habitations and made an on the spot assessment of their living conditions.
Speaking at Mahadevapuram, Mr. Raghavulu alleged that the governments meted out severe injustice to the dalits in all fields including socio-economic spheres.
(Courtesy : The Hindu)
