TRS cadres celebrate launch of Dalit Bandhu scheme in Khammam

Khammam: With Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao formally launching the Telangana Dalit Bandhu scheme at Shalapally in Huzurabad constituency in Karimnagar district on Monday, the TRS workers organised celebrations in Aswaraopet and other parts of Bhadradri Kothagudem district.

During a programme held at Aswaraopet, Mandal Praja Parishad president Jallipalli Srirama Murthy performed ‘Palabhishekam’ to the portrait of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and thanked the latter for launching the scheme. He said the launch of the scheme would set a new direction for Dalit empowerment in the State. The scheme, which was taken up by the Telangana government with the aim of comprehensive development of Dalits, will be a role model for the nation, he said.

Murthy said the scheme will change the lives of the poor Dalit families and bring them into the mainstream. Aswaraopet mandal TRS party president Bandi Pulla Rao, leaders Chittoori Phanindra, Chinnam Shetty Venkata Narasimham, Nirmala Pulla Rao, sarpanch Kangala Parmesh and others were present on the occasion.

KCR emancipator of Dalits: MP

By launching the Telangana Dalit Bandhu scheme, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has emerged as the emancipator of the Dalit community, said TRS Lok Sabha floor leader and Khammam MP Nama Nageswara Rao. In a statement, the MP expressed his happiness over the launch of the scheme in Huzurabad saying that the scheme aims to make Dalits rich and set them free from the bondage of poverty.

For many decades, no leader or government cared about Dalits. For the first time in the country, Chandrashekhar Rao conceived an innovative scheme to ensure that Dalits could live with dignity, he added. The MP reminded that he had mentioned about Dalit Bandhu scheme in the Lok Sabha and asked the Centre to implement the same across the country. He accused the Opposition of making false allegations against the scheme for political gains and hoped that the scheme would be successful with the support of the people.