Pidamarthi Ravi, an active leader of Osmania University Students Joint Action Committee during the separate Telangana movement, has been nominated as chairman of the Telangana Scheduled Castes Cooperative Development Corporation Limited.
The Telangana Scheduled Castes Co-operative Finance Corporation Limited has been renamed as Telangana Scheduled Castes Co-operative Development Corporation Limited.
Orders to this effect were issued on Wednesday. Ravi is the third OUJAC leader to be ‘honoured’ by the TRS for playing an active role in the Telangana movement.
The TRS gave party ticket to B Suman and G Kishore (both student leaders of TRSV) and they went on to become MP and MLA respectively. By another GO the government constituted a committee for Telangana Scheduled Castes Cooperative Development Corporation Ltd for a period of two years. Pidamarthi Ravi will be its chairman.
The vice-chairman and managing director of TSCCDC will be the convener.
Commissioner of Scheduled Castes development, Commissioner for cooperation & registrar of cooperative societies, director of National Commission for SCs & STs and others will be the members.
Source: The New Indian Express