HYDERABAD: The state government has stopped receiving applications for Dalit Bandhu across the state in the wake of recent High Court verdict that MLAs' recommendation was not needed for selection of beneficiaries. Even in constituencies represented by six Congress MLAs and three BJP MLAs, the TRS local leaders played a key role in selection of beneficiaries by exerting pressure on …
Hyderabad: As the battlelines are being prepared for the Munugode byelection, officials appeared to be under immense pressure to implement the Dalit Bandhu scheme in "saturation mode”, encompassing the SC population in the constituency. The government was getting ready to push the idea of including the entire SC population under the scheme, according to official sources, even though only one …