PIL plea challenges Dalit Bandhu in Huzurabad
The Hindu
Petitioner seeks direction to govt. to enforce scheme in constituencies reserved for SCs
A PIL petition challenging implementation of State government’s flagship programme Dalit Bandhu in Huzurabad Assembly constituency, where by-election is to be held anytime soon, was filed in the Telangana High Court. The plea filed by social activist Akkala Suresh Kumar with the State government, Election Commission of India, Telangana Chief Electoral Officer and ruling TRS is likely to come up for hearing on Monday. The petitioner sought a direction to the government to enforce the scheme in any of the 16 Assembly constituencies reserved for Scheduled Castes in the State, instead of Huzurabad which is an open Assembly seat. Though specific dates were not announced, by-election in Huzurabad was required as MLA Eatala Rajender, who got elected on TRS ticket in 2018, resigned from the post after being dropped from the State Cabinet. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao announced the Dalit Bandhu scheme to be enforced in this constituency as a pilot project.More Related News