Senior Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s guarantees on caste census and eliminating the 50 per cent cap on reservation was challenged immediately by Bharat Rashtra Samithi’s KT Rama Rao, who had introduced a lot of tribal ladies to Delhi to focus on their plight.
“You (Rahul Gandhi) are talking on Dalits and tribals, however the ladies of Telangana are in search of to your assist however you are not there. What use is that this lip service?” he mentioned in an unique interview to NDTV.
At a press convention earlier, he mentioned, “An hour in the past LoP Rahul Gandhi was talking in Ranchi. We would like him to take heed to the tribal ladies of Telangana who’ve suffered”.
“The ladies complain that their lands are being taken, and they do not know the place their sons and husbands are… Atrocious violations of human rights has occurred. These ladies have met officers at NHRC (Nationwide Human Rights Fee) and submitted their plea,” added the Working President of BRS, who has been vocal about Congress “misrule” for the reason that Grand Previous Get together unseated the BRS within the state election held earlier this yr.
The Congress and the BRS have accused one another of complicity within the violence at Lagacharla village, the place authorities officers have been attacked once they had gone to debate land acquisition with the villagers. The Congress mentioned the violence was “KTR’s plan to destabilise the federal government”, pointing to what they referred to as “fraudulent” acquisitions throughout the BRS rule.
“You acquired land to make a pharma village. However the individuals of the land didn’t wish to give it. And now that is the violent assault on them. They’re being tortured. Is that this democracy?” mentioned Mr Rao, who was a minister within the authorities led by his father, Ok Chandrashekar Rao.
“The CM’s brother — he does not maintain any place — overtly threatens tribals. However he marches in with goons whereas the police acted because the non-public military of the Chief Minister. And there’s absolute silence from the nationwide capital and Rahul Gandhi. Girls and kids being tortured however full silence,’ Mr Rao, popularly dubbed KTR, added.
