Hyderabad, April 5 : Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has paid rich tributes to India’s versatile leader Dr Babu Jagjivan Ram on his 115 birth anniversary on Tuesday. In a release here on Monday night, the Chief Minister recalled the services rendered by former Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the weaker sections Jagjivan Ram who fought for India’s independence, casteless society and equality in the country. Rao said the state government was striving hard to root out the socio-economic disparities encountered by the Dalit Comm ty in the state. Taking inspiration from Jagjivan Ram, the state government has launched the prestigious Dalit Bandhu scheme to uplift the dalit poorer sections economically, he said. The Chief Minister said that the slew of Dalit empowerment programmes launched by the state government gave a boost to the self-confidence and socio-economic self-respect of the dalit comm ties. VV CS1028