PM announces forming panel to address Madiga’s sub-quota demand
The Hindu
PM Modi announces committee to empower Dalit communities, including Madiga community fighting for quota. He pledges to stand with them till justice is served. BJP is the only party that will ensure social justice and development in Telangana. Centre to procure 20 lakh tonnes of boiled rice from Telangana. Centre purchased paddy worth ₹1.2 lakh crore from Telangana in last 9 yrs.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the constitution of a committee soon on empowering the Dalit (Scheduled Castes) communities, including ensuring justice to the Madiga community fighting for its proportional quota within the SC reservation for about three decades and also to pursue the legal battle going on in the Supreme Court.
“From today onwards, Manda Krishna, founder of the Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi (MRPS) is my leader in the movement to end the decades of injustice being done to the community. I will be on his side till getting justice to you all,” Mr. Modi said addressing the Madiga community gathered in large numbers at the “Vishwaroopa Mahasabha” of the downtrodden sections organised by MRPS here on Saturday.
Reiterating that it was only the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that would ensure social justice in the country, in Telangana and also the development of the State, Mr. Modi said only a “double-engine” government of the BJP at the Centre and in the State would make Bangaru (prosperous) Telangana possible. He stated that he was committed to take the fight of Madiga community that commenced in Telangana (combined Andhra Pradesh) in 1994 to its logical conclusion.
The Prime Minister announced that the Centre (Food Corporation of India) would procure 20 lakh tonnes of boiled rice produced in the kharif season from Telangana and suggested the State government not to delay the procurement process in the name of elections as poll code would not come in the way to help the farming community. He stated that the Centre had purchased paddy worth about ₹1.2 lakh crore form Telangana during the last nine years.
The Madras High Court on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, rejected a plea by former special Director General of Police (DGP) Rajesh Das to restore the electricity service connection to a bungalow in Thaiyur near Kelambakkam in Chengalpattu district, and to restrain Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) officials from disturbing the power supply in future.