SC/ST Federation members want Kolar seat for Veeraiah on the grounds of support from the dalit community.
The Scheduled Castes (SC)/ Scheduled Tribes (ST) Federation members today demanded that DS Veeriah should be given a Lok Sabha ticket from the Kolar Lok Sabha constituency. They contended that a very small number of SC/ST members had been granted tickets to contest in the Lok Sabha elections.
The members of the federation emphasized that scheduled tribes in Kolar district have about four lakh voters. Moreover, no one other than Veeriah could ensure the victory of Bhartiya Janta Party-Janta Dal (secular) (BJP- JD(s)) alliance in the constituency.
The Karnataka SC/ST Federation insisted that DS Veeriah should be granted a ticket to run in the Lok Sabha Election from the Kolar constituency by the alliance of the BJP and JD(s). This constituency’s candidate has not yet been named. The Federation members contended that Veeraiah was unfairly denied a Lok Dabha ticket for the third time.
Veeriah has a strong hold in the region. He had built over 100 dalit organizations in the state and has adequate political knowledge and experiences to get the ticket.
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