Govt committed to SC categorisation: Kadiyam

Warangal: “The TRS government is committed for the cause of SCs’ categorisation and efforts were being made to address the issue,” claimed Deputy Chief Minister Kadiyam Srihari.
The commitment of the government was proved with the fact that it had passed a resolution in the first session of the State assembly seeking to categorise scheduled castes and the resolution was sent to Centre, he said.
Addressing a gathering at the 109th birth anniversary celebrations of Babu Jagjivan Ram at Ambedkar Bhavan in Hanamkonda on Tuesday, he called upon the dalits to be united to protect their rights and to get benefitted from the welfare measures by the State and Central governments.
Kadiyam said that an all-party delegation would be taken to New Delhi before the commencement of next Parliament session to put pressure on the NDA government regarding the categorisation issue.
The State government has allocated Rs 10, 800 crore for dalits development. Guidelines would soon be issued to make use of such funds under SC Sub-Plan. A target was set this year to distribute about 2,000 acres of land this year to landless dalits under land purchase programme, he stated.
Plans were afoot to install a life-size statue of Jagjivan Ram in Warangal town within a year time, said Deputy Chief Minister Srihari. He asked Mayor N Narender to suggest a land for the purpose.
Kadiyam Srihari further said dalits have great talent and what they need was an opportunity to prove themselves. Azim Premji Foundation recently conducted eligibility test to offer scholarships to students in which 50 students were selected from Telangana and of them 36 students were dalits.
Srihari lauded Telangana Social Welfare Residential Education Institutions secretary RS Praveen Kumar’s efforts in encouraging dalit students to excel in studies and in bringing out their talents.
MPs A Seetaram Naik and P Dayakar, MLA D Vinay Bhasker, Warangal Mayor N Narender, ‘Dalit Ratna’ Bommalla Kattaiah, District Collector V Karuna, Rural SP AK Jha, Commissioner of Police G Sudheer Babu, DRO K Shoba and others were present.
At Congress Bhavan, district Congress president N Rajender Reddy, ex-MLAs K Sridhar and P Veeraiah, SC Cell Chairman N Srinivas, TPCC secretary EV Srinivas Rao and others paid tributes to Jagjivan Ram.
Similarly at Northern Power Distribution Company Limited office (NPDCL), company CMD K Venkata Narayana, directors B Venkateshwar Rao, B Narsinga Rao and senior officials have paid rich tributes to Jagjivan Ram.
At Kakatiya University, In-Charge Registrar Prof K Althaf Hussain, SC/ST Cell Director G Brahmeshwari and others have recalled services of Jagjivan Ram and stressed on the need to follow his ideals.