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‘Government has no time for Dalits'

Bangalore: The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee Scheduled Castes Cell chairman and former MLC N. Manjunath on Tuesday criticised Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa for his failure to reconstitute the high-level committee under his chairmanship to monitor the cases of atrocities on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

Speaking to presspersons, he accused the Bharatiya Janata Party Government for not being serious about reducing atrocities on Dalits and implementing welfare measures to uplift them from poverty and ignorance. He added that Mr. Yeddyurappa had not held a single meeting on the issue of atrocities on the Dalits which showed his commitment towards protecting them.

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