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Congress Mala, Madiga MLAs to resolve conflict
Updated: 06-21-2007
HYDERABAD: Scheduled Caste MLAs and MLCs of Congress have formed a
six-member coordination committee as part of an initiative on behalf
of the ruling party to resolve the conflict between Madigas and Malas
over categorisation of SCs.
Over a dozen party MLAs and MLCs met here on Wednesday to
constitute the panel and decide the future course of action. The
members of the committee are V. Venkaiah and M. Vamsi Krishna (both
from Telangana), C. Sailajanath and Dara Sambaiah (Rayalaseema) and D.
Manik Varaprasad and N. Subrahmaniam (coastal Andhra). Three of them
are Malas and three others Madigas.
Mr. Subrahmaniam, who hosted the meeting, later told
reporters that it was decided to request Chief Minister Y.S.
Rajasekhara Reddy to undertake region-wise enumeration of the caste
composition of SCs to anlayse the backwardness of different groups. He
said the objective of the meeting was to enable the Congress take the
lead in resolving the issue so that other parties did not cash in on
it.
Mr. Subrhamaniam said an extended meeting involving several
Ministers, MPs, MLAs and other senior leaders of Congress would be
held soon to strengthen these efforts. Mala Mahanadu president and
MLC, Jupudi Prabhakar Rao said his organisation was opposed to
collection of region-wise data of SC population.(EOM)
