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Rajanna-Sircilla: District Collector Anurag Jayanthi said the State government had introduced Dalit Bandhu scheme for the economic empowerment of Dalits in the State. Ensuring consistent employment to Dalits was the objective of the scheme, he said. The Collector was speaking at a review meeting with officials to discuss measures to be taken to implement the […]
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Hyderabad: SC Development Minister Koppula Eashwar strongly condemned the allegations by BJP State president Bandi Sanjay and MLA Eatala Rajender against the State government over implementation of the Dalit Bandhu scheme. He reiterated that the scheme was not aimed at Huzurabad by-elections as it was launched long before the poll dates were announced. The scheme […]
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Karimnagar: BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar demanded that the state government resume the implementation of Dalit Bandhu scheme in Huzurabad assembly constituency from November 4 as promised earlier. Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, Sanjay said as the election commission put on hold the implementation of the scheme in the wake of by-poll, Chief […]
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Hyderabad: BJP State president Bandi Sanjay will be taking up the second phase of his Praja Sangrama Yatra (padayatra) in the State from November 21 to January 10. The BJP State president’s padayatra commenced on August 28 and concluded on October 2, covering about 19 Assembly constituencies in the first phase. It went on for […]
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Yadadri-Bhongir: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Wednesday said the Telangana Dalit Bandhu scheme, which was emerging as a model for the entire country, would ultimately lead to a revolution in the welfare of Dalits in India. Distributing two tractors, seven Mahindra trolleys and three-wheeler transport vehicles to beneficiaries of Dalith Bandhu at Vasalamarri village […]
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Hyderabad: Tourism Minister V Srinivas Goud termed elections as the ultimate indicator for a political party’s acceptance by people and exuded confidence that the TRS will win Huzurabad by-elections trumping the Opposition parties. He felt that the success of TRS plenary appeared to be heartbreaking for the opposition parties and stated that the ruling party […]
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Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice A Rajashekar Reddy on Monday reserved orders in a batch of public interest litigation cases challenging the Election Commission’s direction to defer the implementation of Dalit Bandhu Scheme till the completion of Huzurabad by election. Petitioner Mallepalli Laxmaiah […]
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Hyderabad: TRS president and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao urged the people of Huzurabad constituency especially the Dalit families not to be disheartened by the decision of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to suspend Telangana Dalit Bandhu (TDB) scheme in the constituency. He asserted that no one including ECI can stop implementation of Dalit […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday released ‘Atmabandhuvu-Dalita Samkshema Bandham’, edited by poet, writer and former Member of BC Commission, Juluri Gowrishankar. Gowrishankar compiled the progressive work being taken up under the ambitious Dalit Bandhu Scheme. Gowrishankar and his wife also invited the Chief Minister to their daughter’s marriage. Ministers G Jagadish Reddy […]
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Huzurabad: Finance Minister T Harish Rao challenged the Union Minister G Kishan Reddy for a debate on taxes being imposed on diesel and petrol by the Central government.“I am ready to come anywhere in my capacity as the State’s Finance Minister for a debate on the issue,” he said while addressing a press conference here […]
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Hyderabad: Buddhavanam Project Special Officer Mallepalli Laxmaiah filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the High Court on Wednesday appealing to the cout to issue orders suspending the impugned orders issued by Election Commission of India (ECI) deferring the implementation of Dalit Bandhu scheme in poll-bound Huzurabad Assembly constituency. Laxmaiah said Dalit Bandhu scheme was […]
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Hyderabad: BJP MP Dharmapuri Arvind on Tuesday said the Congress had become a party of jokers these days in the State. Referring to remarks made by Congress leaders against the BJP, he wondered whether the Congress party still existed in the State. Interacting with media persons here, he refuted the allegations that the BJP was […]
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Hyderabad: TRS working president and MA&UD Minister KT Rama Rao, reacting to the Opposition’s complaint to the Election Commission of India (ECI) over Dalit Bandhu, asked the former as to how long they can stop the scheme from being implemented. “There is hardly two weeks left for the entire election process to be completed. They […]
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Karimnagar: BJP candidate for Huzurabad by-poll Eatala Rajender on Tuesday reiterated that he had not written a letter to Election Commission of India seeking suspension of Dalit Bandhu scheme in Huzurabad in the wake of the by-election. Addressing a campaign meeting in Chelpur of Huzurabad mandal, Rajender challenged Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and Finance […]
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Hyderabad: Buddhavanam Project Special Officer Mallepalli Laxmaiah on Monday slammed the State BJP unit for appealing to the Election Commission to defer the implementation of Dalit Bandhu scheme in Huzurabad constituency. “This is an anti-Dalit initiative by the BJP with a politically-driven agenda. I sincerely appeal to the Election Commission to reconsider its decision of […]
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Hyderabad: BJP State president Bandi Sanjay on Monday alleged that the State government’s failure led to the Election Commission’s order deferring the implementation of Dalit Bandhu scheme in Huzurabad constituency. “Owning responsibility for his failure in the implementation of the scheme and betrayal of Dalits, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao should resign immediately,” demanded Bandi […]
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Promises schemes similar to Dalit Bandhu for the needy in phased manner
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Karimnagar: Finance Minister T Harish Rao came down heavily on the BJP-led union government over rising fuel prices. In the last one year, the price of diesel has increased to Rs 100 from Rs 70, imposing a huge burden on farmers. Besides completely abolishing subsidy on LPG cylinder, the prices of petrol, diesel, and cooking […]
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Karimnagar: A total of 47 Dalits, who opted to set up dairy units under the Telangana Dalit Bandhu scheme, left for Rohtak in Haryana on Friday to purchase buffalos. The beneficiaries are from Huzurabad, Jammikunta, Veenavanka and Illandakunta mandal, and took a train from Warangal under the aegis of Vijaya Dairy. Animal Husbandry district officer […]
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Karimnagar: Welfare Minister Koppula Eshwar, describing Telangana Dalit Bandhu as a model for the entire nation, said on Thursday that no government in the history of the nation had thought of implementing such a scheme for Dalit empowerment. “For the first time, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao introduced the scheme to improve the living conditions […]
