Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has made his last attempt to deceive dalit and tribal communities before the next elections by announcing that the Dalit Bandhu scheme would be extended to every dalit family, alleged Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president A. Revanth Reddy. Stating that the Chief Minister lied at the Dalit Bandhu launch meeting at Huzurabad, he sought to know why the promises made by him in the past were not being implemented. On the employment front, the TPCC chief said the C.R. Had the government taken up recruitment, at least reserved posts would have gone to dalit and tribal candidates bettering their lives, he said. On ‘podu’ (forest) lands, he said pattas were given for 2.5 lakh acres by the Congress governments but the TRS government did nothing.

Source: The Hindu August 16, 2021 17:03 UTC