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Andhra Pradesh
Congress SC/ST MLAs seek act
indianexpress Express News Service , The New Indian Express
Posted on Aug 04, 2011 at 11:40am IST
HYDERABAD: Congress MLAs belonging to Scheduled Castes and Tribes
urged the state government on Wednesday to bring in an Act for
effective implementation of Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan (SCSP) and�
Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) on the lines of NREGA (National Rural Employment
Guarantee Act) to benefit the two communities.
They also wanted a share be give to SCs and STs in income- generating
areas like mines, wines, industries and contracts.
Briefing newsmen about the decisions taken at the SC and ST Congress
MLAs' meeting chaired by Assembly deputy speaker M Bhatti Vikramarka
in the Assembly committee hall, primary education minister S
Sailajanath stressed the need for providing legal status to SCSP and
TSP for its effective implementation.
Besides, steps should be taken to strengthen the nodal agency
concerned and pooling the SCSP and TSP funds with funds of the social
welfare and tribal welfare departments.
"We will put in combined efforts for resolution of the problems faced
by SCs and STs and in the implementation of SCSP and TSP. A full-
length technical session will be held shortly to discuss the issues
for finding solutions.
A special visit to the places of birth of great leaders like Ambedkar,
Komaram Bheem, Phule and Jagjivan Ram, who had struggled for the
uplift of these communities, will be undertaken by us," he announced.
A majority of the Telangana Congress MLAs stayed away from the
meeting. Only three from Telangana _ Bhatti Vikramarka, Abraham and K
Satyavati _ and 20 SC and ST MLAs from Andhra and Rayalaseema
including ministers P Viswarup and P Balaraju, and government whip K
Murali Mohan attended the meeting.
Chintalapudi MLA M Rajesh Kumar alleged that SC and ST Assembly
constituencies in Krishna, East Godavari and and West Godavari
districts were getting a raw deal in respect of fund allocation.
He wanted certain areas such as Nuzvid and Tiruvur (Krishna),
Polavaram, Gopalapuram and Kovur (West Godavari), and Rampachodavaram
and Jaggampet (East Godavari) made a separate district and named after
the legendary freedom fighter Alluri Sitaramaraju.
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