"dalit-bandhu"

At the Gadwala Garjana Sabha, BRS working president KT Rama Rao launched a blistering attack on Gadwal MLA Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy for defecting to the Congress. Accusing him of betraying voters and failing to deliver on key promises, KTR questioned the rationale behind the switch and criticised the Congress for triggering opportunistic defections.

BRS leader KT Rama Rao challenges CM Revanth Reddy to a public debate over the Medigadda barrage and Kaleshwaram project. He slams the Congress government for halting Dalit Bandhu, using abusive language, and targeting dissenters on social media

The beneficiaries, who came to the district headquarters to submit a representation during the Prajavani programme, staged a protest, stating officials were not releasing the amount

Facing a widening fiscal gap, the government is reportedly leaning on Centrally Sponsored Schemes and adding loan components into key welfare programmes

It is learnt that a few of the beneficiaries had closed their units due to various reasons, prompting the government to conduct an inquiry on the sanctioning and functioning of Dalit Bandhu units.

The government, which froze Dalit Bandhu bank accounts soon after the Congress came to power in December 2023, issued orders on January 27 to unfreeze the accounts

Challenges government to prove its claim of 100 per cent loan waiver, stating that if they could, he would be ready to resign

Kaushik Reddy reminded that his Huzurabad constituency was chosen as a pilot project under former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao's leadership, with the first installment benefitting many Dalit families.

Criticising the police machinery for working under the influence of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, he warned that unnecessary police attacks would not be tolerated

He said Revanth Reddy's tenure, where pressing issues were being ignored, was marked by false promises and deceptive governance

Despite tall promises of supporting Dalits, the Congress govt has failed to even respond to Dalit Bandhu applications that have remained pending at the SC Corporation for nearly year.

During the elections, the Congress party had promised to increase the assistance to Rs.12 lakh per beneficiary and rechristened the scheme as Ambedkar Abhaya Hastham.

It might be noted that the previous BRS government had sanctioned units under the scheme on saturation mode in Chintakani mandal in the district benefitting 3462 beneficiaries in the mandal.

In the 9 days that the Assembly met, spanning over 65.3 hours, including for one record 17 hour session till 3.15 am, speeches by 132 members and five bills passed apart from two short discussions, meaningful discussions were rare, with the Government refusing discussions even on topics like the much hyped job calendar.

The Congress government, while indulging in petty politics, should not curse or malign the State that was achieved after a long tough struggle, BRS working president KT Rama Rao.

Dalit Bandhu beneficiaries from Huzurabad constituency, who have been repeatedly making rounds to government offices for the second installment of the financial assistance under the scheme, staged the huge protest as the Prajavani programme, the public grievances programme held every Monday, was on at the Collectorate.

he beneficiaries, who were selected under the second phase of the scheme, went to the Collectorate to submit their grievance to Collector Valluru Kranthi

Dalit Bandhu beneficiaries said the new State government had reportedly issued orders to "freeze" their accounts due to lack of money

Samithi convenor Palagudu Nagarjuna said that they would intensify the agitation if Telangana government failed to ground the units sanctioned to Dalits under the second phase of Dalit Bandhu

A number of beneficiaries from various mandals of Huzurabad constituency submitted representations to the Collector Pamela Sathpaty in Prajavani