Telangana polls: Dalit group MRPS declares support to BJP, cautions affiliates against voting for Congress
Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi (MRPS) has announced its support to the BJP in the Telangana Assembly elections.
In Telangana, Madigas make up 60 percent of SCs, who constitute about 17 percent of the population.
The decision came a few days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public meeting of MRPS in Hyderabad and announced that the Centre would soon form a committee that would adopt all possible ways for empowering Madigas.
MRPS founder president Manda Krishna Madiga has urged MRPS and nine other community organizations to work for the victory of BJP candidates in the November 30 Assembly elections.
MRPS claims to represent Madigas, the largest community among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) in the state, and it has been fighting for the categorization of SCs in reservations.
Manda Krishna Madiga stated in a letter to various Madigas organizations that Congress has done injustice to them on the demand for categorization of SC reservation.
He said the Congress when in power at the Centre failed to pass legislation for SC categorisation and during the last 10 years did not extend its support to the demand as an opposition party.
He also slammed Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) over its ‘betrayal’ of Madigas. He said Chief Minister KCR did not give any representation to the community in his council of ministers. Madigas is numerically the biggest community among SCs in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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