End child marriages: Jukkal MLA Shinde

Kamareddy: Jukkal MLA Hanmanth Shinde told the parents to educate their daughters instead of getting them married at a young age.

'Girls should be in school, not in in-laws' house. Don't think girls are a burden,' he said.

The MLA distributed 122 cheques to the beneficiaries of BC community under CM Relief fund and Kalyana Lakshmi scheme at Madnur mandal headquarters on Friday. He asked them to utilise welfare schemes and to become financially strong.

MPP V Laxmi Bai, ZPTC N Anita, Sarpanch D Suryakanth, mandal TRS president Sangameshwar, PACK Society chairman Pandit Rao Patil, Dongle Society chairman Ashok Patil, Tahsildar Ravinder and MRI Seetal Desai were among the participants.