Congress leaders here on Thursday asserted that their party had been working for the development and welfare of the Dalits in the country.
After paying floral tributes to former deputy Prime Minister late Babu Jagjeevan Ram in connection with his birth anniversary at Gandhi Bhavan, Primary Education Minister Dr S Sailajanath exuded confidence that the ruling party would implement the SC/ST Sub-Plan. The funds meant for SCs and STs would be spent for their welfare only, he added.
Social Welfare Minister Pithani Sathyanarayana expressed happiness over appointment of Cabinet sub-committee to look after the implementation of SC/ST Sub-Plan. He said that the Congress was the only party that was sincerely working for the development of Dalits.
Newly-elected Rajya Sabha member K. Chiranjeevi said that he was feeling proud being in the Congress party. He also demanded that the Centre confer ‘Bharat Ratna’ on Babu Jagjeevan Ram, who strove for development of Dalits. “I would also try my best to make the Centre confer ‘Bharat Ratna’ on Jagjeevan Ram”, he added. He also felt that implementation of SC/ST Sub-Plan was possible only with the Congress.
MLC M S Prabhakar, PCC SC Cell president A Krishna, PCC vice-chairman Madasu Gangadhar, PCC general secretary Niranjan and several others participated in the program. (NSS)