Telangana BJP demands immediate regularisation of Podu lands, implementation of ST reservations
Hyderabad, Nov 15 (TNT): BJP Telangana president N Ramchander Rao on Sunday demanded that the Congress government immediately regularise Podu lands in favour of tribals and implement the promised reservations for Scheduled Tribes, accusing both the previous BRS and present Congress governments of betraying the tribal community.
Speaking to the media after paying floral tributes to Bhagwan Birsa Munda along with Union Minister G Kishan Reddy at the Komaram Bheem statue on Tank Bund, Rao said successive governments had failed to fulfil their promises to tribals.
The BJP State ST Morcha organised a rally from the Swami Vivekananda statue to the Komaram Bheem statue to mark the 151st birth anniversary of Bhagwan Birsa Munda, celebrated as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas (Tribal Pride Day).
Rao said Birsa Munda had waged a heroic struggle against British rule to protect the rights of Adivasis over Jal, Jungle and Zameen (water, forest and land).
He recalled his relentless fight for tribal rights in the present-day Jharkhand region and said he continued to be revered as Bhagwan by tribal communities.
He said the Narendra Modi government had declared Birsa Munda’s birth anniversary as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas in recognition of his courage and contribution to the tribal community.
Rao also recalled the struggles of several tribal leaders against British rule and the tyranny of the Nizam in Telangana, describing the celebration of Birsa Munda’s birth anniversary in front of Komaram Bheem’s statue as inspiring.
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