YSRCP govt spent Rs 15,589 cr for Dalits after TDP’s betrayal: AP Minister
AP Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development Adimulapu Suresh said that the State Government was committed to the upliftment of the Dalits
- Andhra Pradesh
NewsTAP Bureau- Updated On:25 Jan 2023 11:16 AM GMT
AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development Adimulapu Suresh said that the State Government was committed to the upliftment of Dalits and implementation of various welfare schemes to improve their living standards.
Addressing the media here on Wednesday, he said that the State Government's commitment in this regard was proved by the extension of the SC, ST sub-plan for another 10 years. Rubbishing the comments published by a section of media, he said that the yellow media was spreading false propaganda on the extension of SC, ST sub-plan to protect the vested interests of the TDP and create confusion among the castes.
He also recalled that it was the TDP Chief who made derogatory comments like 'who would wish to be born in the SC community' and wondered what justice would he do for the Dalits. The YSRCP Government is spending around 25 percent of funds for Dalits in every scheme, he claimed. Drawing a parallel between the previous TDP regime and that of the YSRCP, he explained that the TDP had spent Rs 33,625 crore for SCs between 2014-19. In the last three and a half years, the YSRCP has spent Rs 48,899 crore for SC welfare, which means Rs 15,274 crore (45.4 percent) was additionally spent, Suresh added.
For ST’s, the TDP has spent Rs 12,487 crore during its five-year tenure while the YSRCP has spent Rs 15,589 crore (25 percent), which means an additional spending of Rs 3,101 crore for ST’s welfare, the Minister claimed. The YSRCP Government is ready to face any kind of auditing or scrutiny on the facts relating to the welfare of the Dalits, he said and rubbished the claims by a section of the vernacular media that a Rs 20,000-crore cut was imposed by the State Government during its three-and-a-half year rule.
Reacting to Pawan Kalyan's meeting on sub-plan, he said that the Jana Sena Chief was acting according to the script given by Chandrababu Naidu and should and said he should know the facts and figures before making his comments.
