The Chief Minister, in the course of his 50-minute address, praised Ambedkar for helping Dalits get some respite through reservations in education and jobs.
All the Dalits who attended the launch programme were lavish in their praise for CM KCR, stating that the move would help in comprehensive development of the community which remained backward even 75 years after independence.
The Chief Minister paid tributes to the portraits of Dr BR Ambedkar and Babu Jagjivan Ram before formally launching the Dalit Bandhu scheme at a massive public meeting held in Shalapally
The CM will hand over certificates to select beneficiaries sanctioning financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh each under the scheme which will be implemented in Huzurabad as pilot project
Ministers Gangula Kamalakar and Koppula Eashwar, along with District Collector RV Karnan, Commissioner of Police V Satyanarayana and other officials, on Tuesday examined the meeting venue in Shalapalli