RS Praveen Kumar demands govt to address special police constables’ grievances

The former IPS officer reminded the Chief Minister that he had promised to implement the 'Ek Police' system in Telangana formulating same rules for all police personnel as was done in the neighbouring Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

Hyderabad: BRS leader RS Praveen Kumar demanded demanded that Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, who holds the portfolio of Home department, meet the families of special police constables at the earliest and resolve their grievances.

Speaking to mediapersons at Telangana Bhavan on Friday, the former IPS officer reminded the Chief Minister that he had promised to implement the ‘Ek Police’ system in Telangana formulating same rules for all police personnel as was done in the neighbouring Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

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However, even after the families of the Telangana State Special Police personnel took to streets demanding that the police constables should be treated with dignity and to change the inhumane system of allowing them to visit families only once in a month, there has been no response from the government.

“The family members of the special police constables are being beaten up and treated inhumanely. What prevents the Chief Minister from meeting the families and addressing their problems as he also holds the Home department portfolio?” he asked, urging the State government to follow the Constitution of India and respect the rights of citizens.

Praveen Kumar also said injustice was being meted out to the unemployed in the State under the Congress rule. He reminded that during elections, the Congress promised to fill all backlog posts before issuing fresh job notifications.

He stated that during the BRS regime, notification was issued to fill 8,000 posts in Group-4 category and around three candidates were selected against each post for certification verification.

“Several backlog posts have been left out which must be filled as promised,” he demanded.