TRS chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao said today that the most backward and oppressed people in the country are the SCs and STs.

Releasing the tribal teachers’ diary at TRS Bhavan in Hyderabad this evening, KCR said that political parties and leaders have been using the name of SCs and STs for the sake of votes in elections but have actually done nothing for their welfare.

“For this reason, we have decided to make a Dalit leader the Chief Minister of Telangana state after the separate state is formed,” he said adding only such a leader can represent the majority of the people.

Accusing the former CM Chandrababu Naidu of diverting SC and ST funds for other purposes during his regime, KCR said Dalit organizations remained silent during those days. “The Dalit organizations should strive for the welfare of the Dalits through agitations,” he exhorted the SC and ST leaders.

KCR promised that each Dalit family would be allotted three acres of land freely and SC and ST children would get free education from KG to PG in the Telangana state. “All SC and ST hostels will be closed and the Dalit students will stay together with others,” he said. (JUBS)