Watch: Bhatti faces women’s ire on Deepavali over Indiramma house allotments

Khammam: Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka faced the wrath of women and had an unpleasant experience in his Madhira Assembly constituency on Deepavali day over alleged lapses in the selection of beneficiaries for Indiramma houses.

The Deputy Chief Minister visited Dendukuru village in Madhira mandal of the district on Sunday night to participate in Deepavali celebrations with local Indiramma house beneficiaries.

First, when he arrived at the village, a woman and her two daughters stood in front of Vikramarka’s car, demanding that an Indiramma house be allotted to them. They remained unmoved despite the efforts of local leaders to let the vehicle move ahead.

The local CI, Madhu, intervened and took them to the Deputy Chief Minister. They requested him to allot an Indiramma house to them, complaining that they had not been granted a house despite being eligible. He instructed officials to verify their eligibility and take an appropriate decision.

Secondly, as the celebrations were going on at the beneficiaries’ houses, some local women gathered at a house and shouted slogans against Vikramarka. They alleged that they had not been granted Indiramma houses despite being eligible.

They expressed their anger, alleging that houses were being sanctioned to individuals who owned large extents of land and two-storey buildings, while those who were truly deserving were being overlooked.

The women vented their anger at the police, who tried to push away the protesting women. Some local men also joined the women and expressed their outrage at the State government for ignoring genuinely poor families while sanctioning Indiramma houses.

A video clipping of the incident has been widely shared on social media and gone viral. Many commented online that the footage served as a stark illustration of the lack of transparency in the allocation of Indiramma houses under the Revanth Reddy-led government.