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CPM sees red over govt move
Communist Party of India (Marxist), Telangana State unit, on Saturday demanded that the state government not to reduce the welfare funds in the annual budget for the financial year 2016-2017.
Hyderabad: Communist Party of India (Marxist), Telangana State unit, on Saturday demanded that the state government not to reduce the welfare funds in the annual budget for the financial year 2016-2017.
Speaking to the media, CPI (M) State secretary Tammineni Veerabhadram urged the government to allocate sufficient funds for all welfare programmes, such as free education from KG to PG, construction of double bedroom houses for poor, distribution of 3 acres land for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and sub-plan for backward castes, scheduled castes, and scheduled tribes. He also demanded that the TRS government fulfil all poll promises.
Veerbhadram clarified the CPI (M) would not oppose the construction of irrigation projects in Telangana State, but would definitely fight the government, if funding was reduced for welfare activities. CPI (M) leaders T Jyothi, M Sai Baba, J Venkatesh and others were present at the press conference.
