Dalit Christians To Be SCs If We Gain Power: Congress

TPCC President A Revanth Reddy on Saturday promised that the Congress, if it came to power in the next elections, would include Dalit Christians in the Scheduled Castes.

Addressing a program on Christmas celebrations at Gandhi Bhavan on Saturday, Reddy praised the services being rendered by Christian organisations in the country in education and medical care.

He said that the Congress had been working hard to maintain communal harmony and unity in the country, and promised that the it would give prominent positions to Muslims, Christians and other minorities, both in the party and the government.

Senior leaders including former PCC President & MP Uttam Kumar Reddy, Working President Dr J Geetha Reddy, MLC T Jeeven Reddy, former minister Mohammed Ali Shabbir, ex-MP Ponnam Prabhakar, AICC spokesperson Dr Dasoju Sravan, Youth Congress national General Secretary Anil Kumar Yadav, AICC minorities department Co-Convener Anil Thomas and other leaders participated in the program.