Demand for reservation to Dalits in private sector intensifies

Vijayawada: Demanding reservation for SCs and STs in private sector, various backward class organisations took out a massive rally from Tummalapalli Kalashektram to Alankar Centre here on Thursday. Leaders from 13 districts of the State participated in the rally and raised slogans against the BJP-TDP combine for their inefficiency in formulating proper guidelines for the implementation of SC, ST sub-plan.

Addressing the gathering at protest camp, CPI leader and Former MLC Jelli Wilson came down heavily on the BJP-TDP combine for not leaving any stone unturned to acquire lands belonging to the poor and Dalits and handing them over to industrial units. He said that majority of people hailing from Dalit community remained untouchables and were lagging behind on all the fronts even after 60 years of independence.

The CPI leader said that the SCs, STs and other backward classes had less representation in government jobs in proportion to their population. “The upper castes, with only 15 per cent of population, had occupied majority of posts in the government. The State government had not filled the vacant backlog posts,” he added.

Dalit Bahujan Front (DBF) State secretary Melam Bhagya Rao underlined the need to put an end to caste oppression in the society and added that they should be developed economically by putting an end to the caste atrocities. He said that the NDA government had completely failed to increase the budgetary allocation for SCs and STs to eradicate social inequalities in the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi should take immediate measures to fill the SC and ST backlog posts in various government departments, he demanded.

Dalit Hakkula Parirakshana Samiti (DHPS) State president B Rayappa, Jai Andhra Committee convener Jai Babu, KVPS State secretary A Malyadri, MRPS State president P Venkateswara Rao and others took part in the protest.

Source: The Hans India