TDP organizes rasta roko demanding Dalit welfare schemes

By Our Special Correspondent

SC leaders of Prakasam District Telugu Desam Party staged a protest in front of the SC Corporation office in Ongole on Tuesday demanding reintroduction of Dalit welfare schemes in the state.

Under the leadership of TDP Ongole Parliamentary Constituency President Chundi Shyam, TDP State SC Cell Vice President Pasumarthi Haggaya Raj, Zilla Samithi President Navuri Kumar, Town President Katta Rajeev, Telugu Youth District Parliament President Muthana Srinivasulu, Telugu Women's Executive Secretary Nalam Rasas Namma, former District General Secretary Dr. Raj Vimal. Gurrala, Eddu Sashikant Bhushan and others participated.

Old Bypass Road, in front of Pragathi Bhavan, they organized Rastaroko and raised slogans against the government.

The police dispersed them from the road without disrupting the traffic. Calling Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy a Dalit traitor, Chundi Shyam and other leaders demanded that the state government reintroduce all the welfare programs of Dalits implemented during the TDP government in the state.

Alleging that the government has diverted the funds for the welfare of Dalits, they asked the CM to utilize those funds for the welfare of Dalits. He demanded that the Overseas Education Scheme should be renamed after Dr. BR Ambedkar and the dues of Dalit students abroad should be paid immediately.