Hyderabad, Aug.1 (NSS): Welcoming the Supreme Court’s verdict in favour of Scheduled Caste (SC) categorisation, Minister for Health Damodar Raja Narasimha said that the years of Madiga community’s long struggle in the matter of SC categorisation have come to fruition.
Speaking during the discussion on SC categorisation in the Assembly on Thursday, the Minister said the SC categorisation that had been a dream of 50-years for Madiga community, was a very emotional issue.
Reminding that many lives were sacrificed for the cause of SC categorisation, he pointed out that the categorisation was not against any class and the Supreme Court’s verdict was like Sama Nyayam and Sama Dharmam.
Terming the Supreme Court’s judgment as historic, Damodar Raja Narasimha said that he was getting emotional in the matter of categorization as their struggle for categorisation had become a true after the struggle for 50 years.
“Chief Minister Revanth Reddy spoke to the Attorney General of the Supreme Court as soon as the Congress government was formed in Telangana. The Chief Minister sent a delegation team to New Delhi to appoint a lawyer in the Supreme Court and make strong arguments on behalf of the State government. Arguments were heard in the Supreme Court, ultimately a positive verdict came in favour of the categorisation,” he disclosed.
The Minister said the State government would take appropriate measures as per the verdict of Supreme Court and thanked the Chief Minister for his cooperation in the matter of categorisation.
