Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi (MRPS) Chief Manda Krishna Madiga has visited Tirumala on Tuesday to offer his prayers to Lord Venkateswara. He had darshan during VIP break darshan. After prayers,Manda Krishna Madiga was presented with ‘laddu’ prasadam, holy water by the temple management at Ranganayakula mandapam by the TTD officials and priests.
Speaking to mediapersons, Manda Krishna Madiga said he prayed for the passage of the Constitution Amendment Bill for Scheduled Caste categorization. He said PM Modi had agreed in principle for categorization of SCs. Venkaiah Naidu assured that the NDA government would try to amend the Constitution and see to it that the categorization of Scheduled Castes takes place soon. AP CM Chandrababu is in favour of the bill and Opposition Leader Jagan wants to lend his support to the bill. He also said he urged EO AK Singhal to fill vacant TTD Jobs with Madiga community.