Hyderabad, Sept. 26 -- The president of the Telangana unit of the National Students' Union of India (NSUI), Yadavalli Venkataswamy, has accused members of the Congress of caste-based discrimination and of working against him, alleging that he has been sidelined because he is a Dalit, according to The Mooknayak.

Venkataswamy, a Dalit Mala leader, said he was the first student leader from his community to enter politics and the first Dalit to head the NSUI in the history of undivided Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Addressing Dalit, backward class and weaker section leaders in a letter dated September 24, Thursday, Venkataswamy claimed that an upper-caste former Telangana NSUI leader had targeted him ever since he took charge as state presi...