KARIMNAGAR, OCTOBER 13, 2026: The Secondary Grade Teachers Union (SGTU) Karimnagar district unit has urged Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar to take necessary measures to ensure that the SGTs in the state secure voting rights to cast their vote during the MLC elections.
SGTU State President and General Secretaries Karieda Mahipal Reddy and Harikela Venkatesham, District President Ookanti Vijender Reddy, Siddipet District President and State Finance Secretary SriRam Srinivas, State Secretaries Chandra Reddy, Jalapathi Reddy, Anjaneyulu, and Jagtial District in-charge Chatla Venkatesham met the Union Minister in Karimnagar town and submitted a memorandum in this regard.
The SGTU leaders stated that more than 40,000 SGTS in the state were deprived of MLC voting rights and urged the Union Minister to take the matter to the notice of the Union government and the Parliament to grant voting rights to the SGTs.