Chief Minister asked why denied due share to other social groups

Founder president of Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi (MRPS) Manda Krishna Madiga has alleged that social justice has been grossly denied in the composition of State Cabinet in Telangana with only two communities given priority by giving them 10 out of 18 berths, including the Chief Minister’s post.

Mr. Krishna Madiga released an open letter addressed to Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao here on Friday highlighting the injustice done to many SC, ST, BC, Minorities communities in the composition of Cabinet and demanded that it be reconstituted to give due representation to all the communities. He sought to know why only two communities were given undue share of Cabinet berths denying judicious share to other communities.

Speaking to newspersons later, he pointed out that eight other communities including from SC, ST, BC and Minorities were given only one Cabinet berth each as the socially and economically influential communities were given disproportionate representation. He pointed out that in proportion to their population the SC community, including sub-castes, should have got three berths but only one was given to Mala community denying representation even to Madigas who comprised 12% of the population.

It is not just the communities that are not represented in the Legislative Assembly and Council, but also several communities which have representation too have been overlooked in the Cabinet composition although they had legislators elected twice, thrice or even four times or more and those won with huge majority, the MRPS president pointed out.

Further, he stated that no Dalit was considered for even one of the six Rajya Sabha seats the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has.

Disproportionate representation given to the influential communities had denied proportional representation to several communities in the Legislative Council, chairpersons posts of various corporations and vice-chancellors of universities. To highlight the social injustice in the Cabinet composition and to mobilise public opinion against it the MRPS would stage a protest at Warangal on September 22 as ‘maha deeksha’, Mr. Krishna Madiga stated. Madiga Students Federation president Lingaswamy R. Madiga and others were present.