Book Renuka Chaudhary under SC/ST Atrocities Act: Tribal bodies

KHAMMAM: Tribal organisations kicked up a furore here on Tuesday by organising rasta rokos and stalling traffic demanding an unconditional apology from Congress MP Renuka Chaudhary for abusing a tribal officer. They said she should be booked under the SC/ST Atrocities Act for humiliating the officer on duty.
Members of several ST associations brought traffic to a grinding halt at Tekulapalli mandal, demanding an apology from Renuka.Telangana Civil Societies JAC convener P Krishna said that a case under the SC/ST Act should be registered against Renuka for abusing joint collector MM Naik who is an ST. Renuka entered into a heated argument with him at his chambers here on Monday when she went to represent the people's problems. Supporters of the MP, who accompanied her, abused the joint collector blaming him for not issuing 'Pahani' copies and land-related documents at the Mee Seva centres to non-tribal farmers in the Agency mandals of the district.
The MP asked Naik to immediately issue 'Pahani' copies to non-tribal farmers to enable them to avail bank loans. When the JC told her that since 1/70 Act was in force in the Agency areas, it was not possible to issue 'Pahani' copies to non-tribals, Renuka flew into a rage and yelled at him.