YS Jagan Recites Gurajada’s Poetry

 Hyderabad: YSRCP president and leader of opposition YS Jagan uncovered with numbers during discussion in the assembly the betrayal of Chandrababu towards dalits. He explained how funds from SC-ST sub-plan were being sidetracked. On this occasion, he slammed Chandrababu’s mentality.

He caught the eye of not only the members of the assembly but also of the people of the state when he recited lines from poet Gurajada Apparao’s over 100-year old poetry.

 ‘‘ ఎంచి చూడగా మనుజులందు రెండే కులములు

మంచి అన్నది మాల అయితే మాల నేనౌతా ’’

These were the lines penned by the great poet about dalits. It means “Upon close observation there are only two castes in people, the good and the bad. If being dalit means being good, I will be happy to be a dalit”.

Reciting these lines in the assembly, he mentioned the controversial statements delivered by Chandrababu earlier. Babu had opined in the past that nobody would intentionally want to be born in SC caste. Recollecting this, YS Jagan exclaimed that feelings held by such a person on dalits were evident.