Lokesh recalls efforts made for uplift of Backward Classes during TDP term in Andhra Pradesh
The Hindu
The YSRCP government has neither offered jobs to the BCs nor funds to the scores of corporations formed merely to appease the communities, alleges the TDP leader
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has always been with the Backward Classes (BCs), and the latter have always served as the backbone of the party, says TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh.
As part of his ‘Yuva Galam’ padayatra, Mr. Lokesh on Tuesday he made a no-holds-barred effort to reach out to the communities by recalling the efforts taken by the party for their welfare in the past.
With the BC voters forming a huge chunk in the Kuppam and Palamaner constituencies, his focus was on establishing a connect with the communities.
At a meeting of BC community leaders in Baireddypalle mandal headquarters, Mr. Lokesh said the YSRCP government neither offered jobs to the BCs nor funds to the scores of corporations formed “merely to appease the communities.”
The YSRCP government had formed 56 corporations, but did not sanction a single loan. Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy had offered scores of nominated posts to persons of his own community, but did not give the BC leaders their due, he alleged.
In this connection, Mr. Lokesh said that the Vice-Chancellors of 10 out of 12 universities in the State were from the Chief Minister’s own community, and wondered if it was the “social justice mantra chanted by the ruling party.”
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