Live
- 2024 on track to be hottest year on record
- PM Modi’s visit to Solapur: Women applaud ‘Double-Engine’ government’s initiatives
- Nagarkurnool MLA Dr. Kuchukulla Rajesh Reddy Campaigning in Maharashtra Elections
- Wife Kills Husband with Her Lover: Details of Veldanda Murder Case Revealed by SP Gaikwad
- Strict Action on Violations of Food Rights: Telangana Food Commission Chairman Goli Srinivas Reddy
- Smooth Conduct of Group-3 Exams with Strict Security Measures: Collector Badavath Santosh
- Delhi HC orders cancellation of LOC issued against Ashneer Grover, wife
- Shami’s absence a major blow for India in BGT, says Paul Adams
- Will organize protests at borders if attack on minority Hindus in Bangladesh not stopped: Bengal LoP
- Dutch Ambassador Marisa Gerard Meets Telangana CM A. Revanth Reddy in Delhi
Amaravati: Government responds immediately in SC, ST atrocities cases: Pinipe Viswaroop
Minister for Social Welfare Pinipe Viswaroop
Minister for Social Welfare Pinipe Viswaroop has said never in the history of the State has a Chief Minister responded so fast as YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in the cases of atrocities against SCs and STs.
Amaravati: Minister for Social Welfare Pinipe Viswaroop has said never in the history of the State has a Chief Minister responded so fast as YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in the cases of atrocities against SCs and STs.
Reacting on the accusations made by Amalapuram former MP Harsha Kumar on atrocities against SCs and STs, he told the media here on Wednesday that he has the responsibility of responding to the remarks.
In the case of tonsure of a man at Rajamahendravaram and in the death of a youth in Chirala, it was policemen who were the accused and within 24 hours they were immediately suspended andbooked under SC, ST Atrocities Act and sentto jail, he said.
Referring to Harsha Kumar's comment that Disha Act was not implemented in a minor girl's rape case, the Minister said that the former MP was ignorant of the fact and said that immediate action was taken and Disha Act can be implemented only after it gets the President's approval.
"Harsha also accused me of not installing the statue of BR Ambedkar," the Minister recalled stating that Konaseema has been the birthplace of Dalit movements and he was involved in the movements right from his school time.
"Harsha had twice become MP from Amalapuram thanks to the good offices of YS Rajasekhara Reddy but was never involved in Dalit movements," the Minister said. People of Amalapuram know how many Ambedkar statues that he had erected in the region.
He said Harsha never strove for Dalts rights but only used them as a mask to foster his own interests.
It was during Kusuma Krishna Murty's tenure as the MP of Amalapuram for three terms that a bronze statue of Ambedkar was installed, which was later removed and thrown into a dustbin by the Telugu Desam government, he alleged.
Why did Harsha who was the MP of Amalapuram for two terms not get the idea of installing a bronze statue of Ambedkar in Amalapuram, he asked. "Harsha should know his facts well before making irrelevant remarks against the ruling party."
