Gudla Narasaiah, transformed the political struggle of Padmashalis into BC movement
RSD- Sircilla news: When we look at history and look closely, many experiences provide inspiration. Ale Narendra, who excelled in the political field from the Padmashali community, along with some others who played a major role in their respective political parties, can be seen in the situation where their history was given no importance. Acharya Konda Laxman Bapuji, who left even the post of minister for the achievement of Telangana state and kept his promise not to change his post until Telangana came, is priceless. There are many Padmashali community members who have risen in the political field in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Surat and Solapur in Maharashtra, who have migrated by the stomach. Dharmana Sadul, who was in the Congress party and represented Solapur twice as an MP. There are many leaders from the Padmasali community, such as Adem Master, who served as a legislator in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the CPM party. Although their lives are inspiring, they have been ignored in history and have practically conveyed the message of moving forward together by including other BC communities. A special mention should be made about the leader from the Padmasali community who gave a practical message in 1961. Since that leader was from Sircilla, Rajanna Sircilla district, the Sircilla Padmasali community needs to take inspiration from his life. The inspiration for such a leader is the experiences and qualities provided by the late Padmasali leader Gudla Narasaiah’s generation. After the formation of the Sircilla constituency, when the upper caste community was in the hands of the upper caste community, the only people who came to the party were from that community. The same tradition continues even today. In the 1960s, the Padmasali community was influential in the Sircilla constituency. During that period, the Padmasali community was helpless, enduring many insults politically and socially. Gudla Narasaiah saw firsthand the situation where the Padmasali community, along with the BC community, was being politically suppressed in terms of education and society. Gudla Narasaiah, who was from the Sircilla town center, along with the leaders of the Padmasali community, raised the flag of self-respect of the Padmasali community regardless of party affiliation. It was a situation where all the Padmasali people worked together. At that time, it was considered a record. In the belief that it was not possible to seize power by uniting the Padmasali community alone, the credit for uniting the castes of the BC community along with the Padmasali community in the Sircilla constituency belongs to the then Uttu Narasayya generation. The situation was different for the BC leaders, such as Nagula Mallaiah Goud, who belonged to the Gouda community, from the social consciousness of that time. In the general assembly elections held in 1961, both the Congress and the Communist parties had allotted tickets only to those belonging to the upper caste community. It must be said that the Padmasali community fought hard against the Congress party in that process. The then Congress leadership, which did not recognize the Padmasali community as leaders except as voters, finally allotted a ticket to Juvva G. Narsingarao, who belonged to the upper caste community and belongs to the present-day Tangallapalli mandal center. The Padmasali community, which was in turmoil at that time, decided to enter the fray independently. In that election, the Padmasali community fielded Gudla Narasaiah as a candidate. He united the voters of the Padmasali community as well as the BC community and gave a tough contest. Gudla Narasaiah was defeated in that fiercely contested election (Gudla Narasaiah got 6073 votes while his opponent Narsinga Rao got 15811 crores). The electoral politics of that time provided many experiences to the BC community. The question that anyone from the Padmasali community should ask themselves is whether the current generation has survived the struggle of the Padmasali community, which was the strongest in the constituency, to this extent. In the recent assembly elections, political observers estimate that the Padmasali community did not even make an effort to maintain its existence, except to carry the party flags. Why is the Padmasali community, which has an influential position in the Sircilla constituency, unable to capture Sircilla? Is it losing its existence by waving flags and waving party flags? This is something that today’s generation should ask itself. Whether this generation will learn from the inspiration and experiences of the Gudla Narasayya generation, which has provided a lot of inspiration, remains a question for now. An article by Alle Ramesh, Journalist, Sircilla.
