Visakhapatnam, January 26 (INN): Civil Supplies Minister D Sridhar Babu has assured that Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy would do justice to Telangana region by allotting suitable berths in the next cabinet expansion.
Talking to media persons after launching `Subhojanam’ programme at Gosha Hospital in the district, Sridhar Babu expressed confidence that Chief Minister would do justice to SC/ST communities by giving them proper representing them in the Cabinet and remove the perception in their minds that his government was adopting anti-Dalit policies.
Responding to the ouster of Dr P Shankar Rao, he said that he was removed from the Cabinet due to some unavoidable circumstances.
Hailing the Subhojanam programme, where meals would be provided at Rs 8 and breakfast at Rs 5 for patients in the hospital, the Minister said that he would make efforts to implement the scheme at all government hospitals in the State.
Condemning the desecration of Dr B R Ambedkar statues in Amalapuram, he said that the government would take severe action against the guilty and directed the administration to reinstall the statues immediately. He appealed to the people in Konaseema region to observe restraint and help the administration and police maintain peace and law and order. (INN)