Don't vote for Jagan Former MP Harsh Kumar's Call to Dalits
Former MP GV Harsha Kumar spoke to Dalits in Tirumalayapalem
RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM (EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT): Former MP G.V. Harsha Kumar alleged that the attitude of the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government towards Dalits in the state is inhumane and inappropriate. He criticized the policies of the YSRCP as grabbing Dalit lands and damaging the self-respect of Dalits. He said that all the Dalits had voted for Jagan hoping that they would get justice and this government had cheated them all.
Addressing the Dalits in Tirumalayapalem of Gokavaram Mandal, he called on them not to vote for Jagan Mohan Reddy under any circumstances in the upcoming elections.
Former MP Harsh Kumar visited Tirumalayapalem village, which was in the news recently due to clashes and a police lathi-charge, where a fierce dispute broke out between Scheduled Castes and others regarding the installation of Babasaheb Ambedkar's statue and held a meeting with Dalits.
Harsha Kumar said that how all the Dalits of the village fought for their self-respect in a united and peaceful manner is commendable. On this occasion, the villagers said that the statue of Ambedkar is a symbol of their self-respect and asked him to cooperate in erecting it. He said that the residences of some of the farmers in the area where the statue is to be erected are in the assigned lands. There is no legality in those registrations. He said that if they did not cooperate in setting up the statute, he would not hesitate to take back those lands in a legal procedure. He suggested that the farmers should voluntarily help the Dalits in setting up the statue.
Harsha Kumar assured them that he would get permission to set up the statue and also give them Ambedkar's statue.
Dalits complained that the farmers in the village were not calling them for work and not giving work to their tractors. The former MP said that representatives of the National SC and ST Commission will visit the village soon. Harsha Kumar said that despite being attacked by the police and others in the village, the Dalits behaved peacefully.