Hyderabad, Oct. 22 -- Scheduled Caste Finance Corporation (SCFC) Chairman Nagarigari Pritam today launched a blistering attack on political rivals, accusing the opposition BRS of sidelining Dalit leaders during its rule and praising the Congress for improving Dalit representation since coming to power.
Speaking to reporters at Gandhi Bhavan here, Pritam said Dalit leaders had been repeatedly given and then stripped of ministerial positions during the BRS decade.
"After the Congress came to government, five ministerial berths in the 15-member cabinet went to Dalits - including a Deputy Chief Minister, Speaker, Health Minister, Mines Minister and Social Welfare Minister," he said.
He also targeted former MLA Gyadari Kishore, accusing him o...