Monday 26 February 2018

YS Jagan's assurance to Mala Madiga Communities

Leader of Opposition in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said that his party would establish separate corporations for the welfare of Mala and Madiga communities.
The YSRCP would ensure their social and economic upliftment, he said. During the course of the 97th day of his mass outreach program, Praja Sankalpa Yatra which moved through Kanigiri and Markapuram constituencies today, YS Jagan compared the Mala and Madiga communities to his two eyes. Each community was equally dear to him and he would bend every sinew to ensure justice to them, he asserted. The YSRCP Chief added that he shared a special kinship with them and empathised with their condition. During lunch break, he met a delegation of SC leaders led by Kommuri Kanaka Rao Madiga, who had been fighting for the establishment of a Madiga Corporation. The delegation submitted a petition to the leader of opposition listing out their demands and sought his help.
Kanaka Rao Madiga requested YS Jagan to help them fight for their due place in society and in the alleviation of their socio-economic and educational status. He recalled the recommendations made by the Justice Usha Mehra Commission in this regard. He expressed anguish that funds earmarked for the SC community were not reaching Madigas. The TDP government had ignored their repeated pleas and a demand for a separate Corporation for the Madiga community which would help them overcome social, and educational backwardness and caste discrimination. YS Jagan assured them of all help in fighting against caste discrimination and reiterated the point that he was committed to setting up a separate Corporation for the Madiga community which would be done once YSRCP comes to power. He pointed out that relationships in villages were defined by fond familial terms and expressions such as pinni (aunt), chinnanna (uncle), anna (older brother) atha (aunt) etc.
The YSRCP chief observed that classification of SC communities came under the purview of the Union government and unlike Chandrababu Naidu, he cannot cheat people by giving them false assurances and commitments. However he requested members of the delegation to undertake a deeper study and meet him again on the classification of SC sub-castes. On the subject of reservations of SCs, the YSRCP chief pointed out that it was implemented differently in the North and South and a thorough background study was needed in this regard, as well. The YSRCP Chief assured the delegation of his support to their cause and in leaving no stone unturned to fight for the welfare of the SC community.

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