In a bid to secure Dalit votes during the upcoming byelection, the TRS is all set to launch ‘Dalit Bandhu’ scheme in the state where officials are under immense pressure to implement scheme in “saturation mode”, reports Deccan Chronicle.
Only 38 households of the 100 identified beneficiaries were covered under the scheme so far. The TRS seeks to target the almost 40,000 Dalit voters in the constituency and hoped that their support would tip the scales in its favour, sources said.
The government was getting ready to push the idea of including the entire SC population under the scheme, according to official sources, even though only one village was covered as a “pilot project” till now, and ensure nearly all the families belonging to the SCs became beneficiaries. “The scheme will be implemented in the entire constituency and will be covered in saturation mode,” said an official of the SC Corporation.
Jamastanpally, a hamlet with a population of about 1,200 and located 5 km from Munugode town, was the first area to be covered. Around 38 out of 39 households were covered under the scheme. Chimiryala with 35 Dalit families and Gudimalkapur with 25 were two additional villages in the Samsthan Narayanpur mandal that were identified for the scheme. However, it has been abandoned for the time being, and no other village is currently listed in the constituency.
Interestingly, the official maintained that there weren’t any eligibility criteria or clear specifications for determining the beneficiaries and that they hadn’t yet received clear instructions on this.
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