Exuding confidence that Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) was going to form the government at the Centre after the 2024 Lok Sabha Polls, Party President and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday said that the Dalit Bandhu scheme would be implemented across the country after the party came to power.
Addressing a public meeting after unveiling a 125 ft-tall statue of BR Ambedkar in Hyderabad, KCR said the BRS party was getting a tremendous response from Maharashtra and was expecting a similar reaction from West Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.“The response is beyond our expectations.Tomorrow we will get a similar response from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Bengal and everywhere,” he said.
He recalled that when he had left for Delhi in 2014, he had stated that he was leaving Andhra Pradesh and will return to Telangana.“With the same self-confidence, I am saying the next government in the country will be ours,” he said.
KCR remarked that this may look far-fetched to their rivals but it all needs a spark to bring the change.He vowed to follow on the path shown by Babasaheb Ambedkar and fight to keep the country in line until the last drop of his blood.
“I will tell you certain things.In this 2024 Parliament elections, the next government is ours, ours and ours.
Some of our enemies may not be able to digest this.But one spark is enough to light,” he said.
The Dalit Bandu scheme, launched in 2021 offers ₹ 10 lakh to Scheduled Caste families as a 100 per cent grant to start a business.The funds given under the direct benefit transfer scheme need not be repaid.
KCR unveiled the Ambedkar statue on Friday, the birth anniversary of the architect of the Constitution, on a grand scale.The statue is made out of 360 tonnes of stainless steel and 114 tonnes of bronze, Costing ₹ 146.50 crore.Ambedkar’s grandson Prakash Ambedkar was the sole chief guest at the event.
