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The Bharatiya Janata Party has accused the Congress authorities of “hoodwinking” Dalits by diverting funds meant for their payment to different works, including the functioning of the H.N. Nagamohan Das Commission.
Addressing a property league present connected Friday, Leader of the Opposition successful the Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy said the authorities had earmarked ₹42,000 crore for Dalits’ payment nether Scheduled Castes Sub-Allocation & Tribal-Sub Allocation Act that mandates earmarking funds for the payment of SC/ST communities successful proportionality to their population.
Of this, ₹21,000 had been diverted to each the departments for taking up assorted works. Of the remaining ₹21,000 crore, a sum of ₹ 14,000 crore had been diverted to money warrant schemes, helium alleged.
“The remaining magnitude of ₹7,000 crore has been fixed to the Social Welfare Department, which had utilized this for assorted purposes including organising the International Democracy Day and Constitution Day. These funds person been utilized adjacent for the functioning of Nagamohan Das Commission that looked into interior preservation among SCs,” helium alleged.
Much against the claims of the authorities of providing immense funds for the payment of Dalits, determination were respective lapses successful providing benefits to Dalit beneficiaries, helium alleged.
Citing an example, helium said earlier, the authorities utilized to straight wage the schoolhouse and assemblage fees of Dalit students. But now, the students were expected to wage their fees and get a reimbursement from the authorities later, helium said.
