BJP demands release of Rs 100 crore for welfare of Brahmins

Hyderabad, Oct.23: Telangana State BJP here on Sunday demanded that the State government immediately release Rs 100 crore allocated in the budget for the welfare of Brahmins and help solve their problems. In a pressnote here, MLC and national BJP executive member N. Ramchander Rao recalled that the TRS government had announced in the Assembly during budget session in March that it would constitute Brahmin Welfare Corporation and allocated Rs 100 crore in the budget. But even eight months after its announcement, the State government neither set up Brahmin Corporation nor has it released Rs 100 crore, which amounts to the government cheating the Brahmin community in the State. Accusing the State government of not evincing interest in setting up of the Brahmin Corporation, the BJP leader said the allocated funds would be of no use to the Brahmins. He urged the government to keep its promise of forming corporation and release earmarked funds so that it would benefit the economically backward Brahmins in pursuing higher education, scholarships and overseas education.