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Legal status for BC sub-plan demanded
Round-table demands allocation of 29 per cent funds in the ensuing State budget for the development of BCs. Speakers demand separate bank to assist BC artisans and also an Act to ensure social security for themĀ
*Round-table demands allocation of 29 per cent funds in the ensuing State budget for the development of BCs
*Speakers demand separate bank to assist BC artisans and also an Act to ensure social security for them
Vijayawada: CPI State Secretary K Ramakrishna on Thursday demanded that the State government enact a law to give legal status to Backward Classes sub-plan being implemented by the government.
He said Backward Classes population comprises 50 per cent of the total population in Andhra Pradesh but the government is not taking measures for their development. He addressed the round-table organised at the CPI district office here on Thursday.
Speaking on the occasion, the CPI leader said people in Backward Classes belong to 144 castes who are living in poverty. He demanded that the Telugu Desam government allocated 29 per cent funds in the 2016-17 budget for the development of backward classes proportionate to their population.
Dr Gangadhar recalled the Telugu Desam party’s manifesto assured that Rs 10,000 crore would be allotted for the development of BCs but ignored the assurance after assuming power.
They also demanded the government to constitute a bank to assist the backward classes’ artisans and an Act should be enacted to ensure social security to them. They urged the government to immediately announce the details of BC population in the State and allocate 29 per cent funds for the development of backward classes in the 2016-17 budget.
The CPI state assistant secretary, J V S Murthy, former MLC J Wilson, Dalita Hakkula Porata Samiti leaders J V Prabhakar and D Subbarao, Girijana Samaakhya state general secretary P Govindu, AISF state committee member I Bayanna and leaders of other civil society organisations also spoke on the occasion.
