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The Karnataka Dalit Sangarsha Samithi (KDSS) has decided to instrumentality retired Bengaluru Chalo connected March 11, demanding the State authorities halt the misuse of funds meant for the Scheduled Castes Sub-plan (SCSP) and Tribal Sub-plan (TSP) and besides instrumentality the magnitude spent truthful acold for the implementation of the 5 warrant schemes.
In a property league present connected Tuesday, KDSS State convener M. Gurumarthy said the Congress that came to powerfulness successful 2013 nether the enactment of Siddaramaiah passed the instrumentality that earmarks a information of State program outlays for SCSP and TSP successful proportionality to the colonisation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. As per the law, 24% of the State’s outlay indispensable beryllium reserved for the SCSP and TSP.
However, the authorities diverted much than ₹25,000 crore towards the implementation of the warrant schemes. The Congress violated the instrumentality it passed earlier. “The government’s determination is unpardonable. The aforesaid magnitude should person been utilised to supply basal amenities to the section residents wherever the SC/ST radical reside,” helium said.
Mr. Gurumurthy said that the organisation would instrumentality retired Bengaluru Chalo connected March 11 and signifier a protestation astatine Freedom Park successful Bengaluru. The organisation would request the State authorities walk an bid cancelling Section 7(C) of the SCSP-TSP Act, 2013, that allowed the diversion of the funds.
Other demands see granting lodging facilities for eligible beneficiaries and expanding the fiscal assistance to physique houses, honoring B. Krishnappa, laminitis of DSS, with the rubric Karnataka Rathna and celebrating his commencement day each twelvemonth connected June 9.
Office-bearers of the DSS were contiguous astatine the property conference.
