Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi (MRPS) founder president Manda Krishna on Monday lashed out at Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for sacking Deputy Chief Minister T. Rajaiah and said it amounted to insulting the community on the whole.
While not exactly spelling out his future course of action, the MRPS leader said he would chalk out an action plan on the ouster of Dr. Rajaiah soon but reiterated that the ‘Madigas’ would not rest until justice was done. He regretted that Dr. Rajaiah was not even given an opportunity to explain his position. “The way he was denied even an appointment with the Chief Minister and removed solely on the basis of an allegation is mysterious and that is what is insulting,” he said.
The fight of the weaker sections has always been for self-esteem alone and the way Dr. Rajaiah was unceremoniously shown the door only holds mirror to the continued oppression of the weaker sections by upper castes, he said, adding that they would take the struggle forward. The Chief Minister owed people an explanation of how and under what circumstances Dr. Rajaiah was removed and the demand for an apology for such a treatment was justified, Mr. Krishna said.
The MRPS was not against the elevation of Kadiam Srihari as the Deputy Chief Minister but the organisation resented the lack of representation for the Madigas in the Cabinet despite comprising 12 per cent of the population in the newly-formed State. Those from the Velama community which constituted only 2 per cent of population had four berths, including Chief Minister, the Reddys with 5 per cent population were represented by six Ministers, he added.
‘The way he was denied even an appointment with the Chief Minister and removed solely on the basis of an allegation is mysterious and that is what is insulting’
