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Himachal Pradesh more oriented towards dalit than Prem Kumar - Prem Kumar Dhumal
Lucknow, May 1 : Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal
here today said his government was working to uplift dalits and was
not making any false promises like being done in Uttar Pradesh.
"We are really concerned for the uplfit of dalits and have taken up
several programmes to upgrade their economic, social and cultural
status", he said.
Talking to reporters at a function here, Mr Dhumal said that in
Himachal Pradesh, every assembly segment has been sanctioned funds for
construction of Ambedkar community building which will have a capacity
of 2000 people.
"This building would help the dalits and poor to hold social and
cultural functions like marriages at a very low price,'' he said.
He said besides this, all the villages of more than 40 per cent
population of dalits has been identified as Chief Minister Adarsh
village where all basic infrastructure would be provided.
These include drinking water, solar power, health, education and other things.
"In UP, such schemes are not available and nor the present government
was so committed towards the dalit cause", he said without naming
Mayawati.
Though maintaining small states was good for accelerated development,
there was no need for division of the bigger states.
"Political commitment is required for development", he asserted.
He said the government was more focused on the field of education and
thus has earmarked 18 per cent of the budget under the head.
--UNI
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