Archive · 13 Sep 2026
Telangana Congress Alleges BJP, BRS Share Anti-Dalit Agenda
A Congress spokesperson in Telangana criticized the BJP and BRS.
He said both parties were working against Dalits and other weaker groups.
He pointed to an alleged incident involving a place being purified after Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge visited it.
He said this showed what he called a discriminatory mindset.
He also criticized BRS leaders for allegedly speaking disrespectfully about Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar.
Akhtar questioned whether promises made to Dalits had been fulfilled.
These promises included land for Dalit families and the Dalit Bandhu welfare scheme.
He asked Dalit leaders and young people to support the Congress.
The BJP and BRS did not provide responses in the article.
Congress spokesperson Zaheer Akhtar accused the BJP and BRS of suppressing Dalits and weaker sections.
Akhtar cited the alleged purification of a site after Mallikarjun Kharge’s visit as evidence of an alleged anti-Dalit mindset.
He accused BRS leaders Tata Madhu and Naveen Kumar Reddy of using unparliamentary language against Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar.
Akhtar questioned unfulfilled promises involving Dalit chief ministers, land distribution and the Dalit Bandhu scheme.
He urged Dalit leaders, intellectuals, students and youth to join or support the Congress for social justice.
- Who
- Zaheer Akhtar, a Kamareddy district Congress spokesperson, made the allegations against the BJP and BRS, and referred to several Congress and BRS leaders.
- What
- Akhtar alleged that the BJP and BRS share an agenda of suppressing Dalits and weaker sections and criticized their records and conduct.
- When
- Sunday.
- Where
- At a media conference at the Kamareddy Congress office in Telangana.
- Why
- Akhtar urged people to unite with the Congress for social justice and to oppose what he called communal and divisive politics.
- Speaker
- Zaheer Akhtar, Kamareddy district Congress incharge spokesperson
- Main allegation
- The BJP and BRS allegedly share policies that suppress Dalits and weaker sections.
- Kharge incident
- Akhtar alleged that BJP-RSS workers purified a place after Mallikarjun Kharge visited it.
- Assembly Speaker
- Akhtar accused Tata Madhu and Naveen Kumar Reddy of using unparliamentary language against Gaddam Prasad Kumar.
- Dalit welfare questions
- He questioned promises of a Dalit chief minister, three acres of land for every Dalit family and equal access to Dalit Bandhu.
- Appeal
- Akhtar called on Dalit leaders in the BJP and BRS to join the Congress.