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Dalit Bandhu Beneficiaries staged protest at Praja Bhavan

Hyderabad: Dalit Bandhu Beneficiaries staged a protest at Praja Bhavan demanding the State government to release the funds approved under phase II of the scheme.

Several beneficiaries on Friday from different districts turned up in large numbers at Praja Bhavan to submit a representation to the government as part of the Praja Vani programme.

Earlier BRS government, offered Rs.10 lakh assistance to Dalits under the scheme. During the elections, the Congress party had promised to increase the assistance to Rs.12 lakh per beneficiary and rechristened the scheme as Ambedkar Abhaya Hastham.

However, the beneficiaries, who were shortlisted under the phase II of the scheme, were demanding the release of funds approved by the previous BRS government.

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