Congress MLA accepts Etala's challenge for debate on Dalits

Hyderabad: Congress MLA A. Sampath Kumar has accepted the challenge posed by Finance Minister Etala Rajender for an open debate on Dalits' welfare.

Speaking to media persons here on Thursday, Sampath asked the Finance Minister to announce the date and venue for the debate within three days and assured that he would reach there on time. He said that as the TRS president K. Chandrashekhar Rao had promised to make a Dalit Chief Minister. However, after winning election he himself acquired the top post.

Sampath said that the TRS Government has also failed to fulfill the promise of giving three acres of land to each Dalit family in the State. He said not even 1% of the promises made with Dalits by TRS during elections have been fulfilled.

It may be mentioned that Etala, while addressing a press conference on Wednesday, had challenged the opposition parties, especially Congress, for an open debate to prove that TRS Government did more for the welfare of Dalits than the previous Congress and TDP regimes.