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Time of India
27-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Kavitha launches Singareni Jagruthi, expands her turf to coal belt area
Hyderabad: Stepping up her activities, BRS MLC and Telangana Jagruthi founder has launched 'Singareni Jagruthi' exclusively to expand the Jagruthi activities in coal belt areas. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now She announced that it will work with Telangana Boggugani Karmika Sangam (TGBGKS), the BRS-affiliated Singareni workers' union. Incidentally, Kavitha is the honorary president of TGBKS, but the union has been inactive for the past one and a half years. After the formation of Singareni Jagruthi, Kavitha on Tuesday appointed coordinators for 11 Singareni areas in the coal belt, and all activities in these areas would be taken up under the flag of Singareni Jagruthi. Kavitha announced that she would constitute a women's wing of Singareni Jagruthi soon. TGBKS was once a strong workers' union in Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) and even a recognised union earlier. However, in the Dec 2023 elections, the union did not field any candidates due to confusion whether to contest the polls or not. Finally, almost all-important leaders of TGBKS joined Congress-affiliated trade union INTUC, which is now the recognised workers' union of SCCL. The formation of Singareni Jagruthi has assumed significance as she was the honorary president of TGBKS and can revive and strengthen the trade union in Singareni areas. The SCCL workers are important for any political party, as about 40,000 workers and their families are spread across 11 assembly constituencies in the coal belt area. In the 2023 assembly elections, Congress had won 10 of the 11 assembly constituencies in the coal belt. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now "Singareni Jagruthi will take up various activities for the welfare of the workers and protect the rights of workers in the coming days. The Congress govt wants to ruin SCCL with its corruption. We will fight for the medical and education facilities of the Singareni workers' families," Kavitha said, while addressing the Telangana Jagruthi workers at her residence in Hyderabad on Tuesday. Kavitha, who announced the names of coordinators in the meeting, demanded that the Singareni management should restart the schools and introduce CBSE syllabus in them. The MLC also asked the govt to provide free corporate hospital treatment to the workers, apart from constructing new quarters for the workers, as many dwellings, which were constructed several decades ago, were in a dilapidated condition. She alleged that District Mineral Trust Fund (DMFT) funds were being diverted to other assembly constituencies by the ruling party from coal belt areas. "The BRS govt under KCR restarted dependent employment in SCCL, but the Congress govt wants to ruin the coal company with its corruption. The Jaipur thermal power plant cost was escalated by 5,000 crore," Kavitha said. Singareni Jagruthi would fight for the welfare and rights of the workers by chalking out programmes, she added.
The Hindu
27-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
BRS MLC Kavitha forms Singareni Jagruthi to mobilise youth
HYDERABAD Days after Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K. Kavitha's letter to her father and party president K. Chandrasekhar Rao on organisational matters became public, she announced formation of Singareni Jagruthi to work for the welfare of the coal company workers in association with the Telangana Boggu Gani Karmika Sangham. The TBGKS affiliated to BRS was the recognised trade union of the Singareni Collieries Company Ltd till Congress came to power. By announcing that the new outfit would give preference to 'bahujans' and youth in line with her programmes in the recent months, she has made it clear that, unlike her Telangana Jagruthi, the new body would have political overtures. During the recent months, Ms. Kavitha has taken up several programmes not directly linked to BRS and centred around social justice (samajika Telangana). She appointed coordinators of Singareni Jagruthi for 11 Singareni mining areas. She stated that dependent jobs were revived in Singareni under the leadership of KCR, but the present Congress government was planning to kill the company in association with the Centre. Meanwhile, Ms. Kavitha's next move is being speculated in different ways after the party leadership has apparently made it clear to her through a close confidante that she was given every opportunity that was possible in the party and it was not possible to give her more space. A BJP MP from the State M. Raghunandan Rao claimed that Ms. Kavitha would float a new party on June 2 and that she would take up a padayatra after announcing the party.
