Govt acting draconian towards SCs, STs

Maheswaram, Dec 12, 2012: Launching a scathing attack on Kiran Kumar Reddy Government, Smt. Sharmila has charged the administration with adopting draconian measures towards the SCs and STs.

Interacting with a large number of women at a Rachchabanda programme at Maheswaram in Ranga         Reddy district on Wednesday, she said the Government has been exploiting the Dalits to the hilt and pushing them into utter poverty instead of taking steps for their welfare.

Smt. Sharmila, who has been undertaking Maro Praja Prasthanam Padayatra on behalf of YSR Congress Party president Sri. Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, was reacting to complaints from women that the lands allotted to them were taken away by the Government.

Women, who came in droves from the surrounding villages of Maheswaram to listen to her, narrated their problems. “We were given lands by Dr. YSR but the present Government had taken away the lands without compensation,” they told Smt. Sharmila.

She lambasted the Government for taking back the lands allotted to SCs and STs and giving them to private persons and companies. Assuring that YSR Congress would take up their cause and strive to ensure they would get back their lands, she asked them to wait for Sri Jagan Mohan Reddy to become CM for solving their problems.

“The Government should at least open its eyes now and take steps for the welfare of the SCs and STs,” she said.