Telangana: Congress to take up issue of Dalits with Centre

HYDERABAD: The Congress leaders will meet Union social justice and empowerment minister Thawar Chand Gehlot and lodge a complaint over the alleged atrocities against Dalits in the state. It will also submit representations to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and National Scheduled Castes Commission on the issue and seek their intervention for justice to the deprived sections of the society.
Telangana Congress president and Nalgonda MP N Uttam Kumar Reddy said that it is unfortunate that chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao was turning a blind eye to the atrocities against Dalits. The Congress will also represent the issue to governor Tamilisai Soundararajan.
Uttam expressed concern over the increasing atrocities on Dalits and said that a Dalit farmer Narasimhulu committed suicide in Gajwel, the assembly constituency represented by the chief minister. “Narasimhulu’s land was forcibly taken away by the government,” Uttam alleged.
“Another Dalit youth committed suicide as he was unable to bear the harassment by police at the instance of the ruling TRS leaders. The chief minister has remained a mere spectator to the atrocities on Dalits and Girijans in the state,” Uttam alleged.
The TPCC chief accused KCR of being unjust to SCs, STs, BCs, minorities and other weaker sections. “The Congress would raise voice in Parliament and other forums to protect the rights and interests of all suppressed sections,” he said.