THE 118th birth anniversary celebrations of Dr B R Ambedkar passed off peacefully in all Telangana districts except Warangal wherein several Dalit organisations boycotted the programme organised under the aegis of the Social Welfare Department on Monday.
The organisations leaders faulted the officials for putting up last year’s banner at the venue just by changing the number 117 to 118. Angered over the disrespect to Baba Saheb, the Dalit leaders demanded suspension of SC Corporation executive director K Krishna Reddy and the Social Welfare DD. They resented the negligence of the officials in conducting the programme just as a formality without any importance.
The absence of ministers J Ratnakar Rao, Ponnala Laxmaiah and DS Redya Naik, who were supposed to attend the programme, also irked the Dalit leaders. District Collector B Janardhan Reddy intervened and tried to pacify the associations leaders by admitting of the fault but they walked out of the place adamantly.
However, the programme continued even without the presence of Dalit leaders. Hanamkonda MLA M Satyanarayana Reddy left the dais in the middle of the programme for attending Rama Navami celebrations. SC,ST Commission member Raja Rao Pratap was present.
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