Hyderabad, Sept. 9 -- Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Wednesday strongly condemned the alleged "purification" of roads walked on by Dalits and said Telangana society would not tolerate discrimination or feudal ideology.
Speaking in the Assembly, while reacting to the conduct of BRS leaders, Bhatti said it was painful that a party that had ruled Telangana for 10 years continued to display what he described as a "feudal mindset".
Referring to the alleged purification of roads with turmeric water, he said, "What needs to be purified is not the land, but their minds and thoughts."Bhatti said Telangana was formed through a struggle for self-respect and had no place for practices that humiliate or discriminate against...