Telangana Poll: PM Modi consoles Madiga leader as he bursts into tears on stage: 'My brother Krishna...'
Narendra Modi said on Saturday that the Centre would soon form a committee which would adopt all possible ways for empowering Madigas. He said the committee would addressed their demand of categorisation of Scheduled Castes. PM Modi said this while addressing a rally which was organised by the Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi, a community organisation of Madigas.
The community is one of the biggest constituents of scheduled castes in Telugu states. ALSO READ: Telangana polls 2023: ‘Will put back in your pocket, what CM KCR looted,’ Rahul Gandhi promises ahead of elections As the rally began, Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi leader Manda Krishna Madiga burst into tears as he shared the dais with PM Modi. "No Prime Minister has ever attended a meeting of the Madigas," Manda Krishna Madiga was quoted by the Hindustan Times as saying as PM Modi stood up with folded hands.
In a video shared by news agency ANI, PM Modi could be seen consoling the MRPS chief. PM Modi said, "I have not come here to seek anything from you. I have come here to apologise for all the political parties which deceived you after Independence." "My brother Krishna, you have got many aides in your struggle (in the fight for the rights of the Magida community).
From today, you have one more (friend)," PM Modi was quoted as saying. The MRPS has been demanding sub-categorisation of reservations for the Scheduled Caste communities for over three decades. Madigas is a Dalit community that historically worked as leather workers and manual scavengers.
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