HYDERABAD: Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Wednesday said dalits should also think and also be skilful like 'Marwadis' when it comes to making money.
Rao was addressing people at Vasalamarri, a village adopted by him, about 60km from here, to explain the details of 'Dalit Bandhu', an initiative his government is planning to launch for the uplift of the downtrodden.
Huzurabad assembly constituency has been chosen to implement a pilot project of the 'Dalit Bandhu' a scheme to encourage entrepreneurship and self-employment among SCs under which the beneficiary would get 10 lakh.
"Suppose this 10 lakh is given in a Marwadis' locality, you don't have to tell him anything. Within one year he will make that (10 lakh) into 30 lakh. Will he or not? How will he make it?, Because he knows the line."
"He has an idea how to make money. Even our dalits should do that. We should learn those skills," Rao said.
He said Telangana has about 15 to 16 lakh dalit families and most of them are struggling to make both ends meet.
