Sharmila describes SC, ST Bill as drama

Devarakadra, Dec 3, 2012:  Smt. Sharmila, who has been undertaking Maro Praja Prasthanam Padayatra on behalf YSR Congress Party chief Sri Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, described as big drama the Government’s SC, ST sub plan Bill.

If the Government was sincere about the welfare of SCs and STs and wanted to stop the diversion of their sub plan funds, the Act should be implemented across the country, Smt. Sharmila told a huge public meeting at Devarakadra in Mahabubnagar district on Sunday.

The Congress leadership’s sudden love towards the SCs and STs was only hypocritical and it was a big drama being enacted by Congress leaders ahead of possible elections, she said, adding that the Act was only aimed at garnering SC and ST votes.

Smt. Sharmila remarked that Dr.YSR distributed 20.60 lakh acres of forest land to tribal people during his regime with 3.3 lakh acres being distributed in a single day besides waiving Rs.1100 Cr loans to 17 lakh SCs.

Smt. Sharmila said the Government has miserably failed in constructing new houses for the SCs and STs or distribute land to them in the last three years. It has also failed to provide irrigation facilities to the land distributed to them by Dr. YSR, she observed.