-Tehelka
Adivasis and Dalits have been deprived of a staggering 5 lakh crore over three decades by successive governments.
On 31 August 2010, a memorable scene played out in Parliament: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley cornered the then United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for allegedly diverting funds meant for the welfare of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SCs/STs) towards Commonwealth Games projects.
The master parliamentarian was questioning the then finance minister P Chidambaram on the alleged diversion of funds meant for the welfare of SCs/STs to Commonwealth Games projects by the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
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