Dalit sarpanch stopped from entering workplace, stages dharna in Anantapur
Several villagers of Kallumadi panchayat raised slogans in opposition to the alleged ‘autocratic behaviour of some upper caste people’.
A Dalit sarpanch of Kallumadi panchayat Fakkeeramma was not allowed to enter the village secretariat workplace on Wednesday and it has been locked allegedly by some followers of former YSRCP Sarpanch Saubhagyamma.
Ms. Fakkeeramma sat in a dharna entrance of the locked entrance of the sarpanch’s workplace.
Several villagers got here out in assist of her with plastic pots and raised slogans in opposition to the alleged “autocratic behaviour of some upper caste people”.
The sarpanch alleged that she was not handed over the cost, whereas others level out that she has been asking for keys of the mineral water plant, however the panchayat secretary refused to present it and needed the panchayat members to move a decision as to who ought to possess the keys.
When Ms. Fakkeeramma tried to enter the secretariat, the staff there allegedly locked the premises and didn’t permit her to enter.
Ms. Fakkeeramma had contested as a insurgent YSRCP candidate after the sarpanch submit was reserved for the SCs. She gained and took the oath, however has not been allowed to operate from her workplace allegedly by some folks with vested pursuits, alleged her supporters.