- MRPS
Madiga Reservation Porata Samiti (MRPS) is a not-for profit institution standing forhuman rights anddignity of 300+ millionDalits ,Tribals and Physically Handicapped people Worldwide.MRPS is currently headed by [http://mandakrishnamadiga.blogspot.com/ Manda Krishna Madiga] and has been operating fromHyderabad ,India sinceJuly 7, 1994 .Manda Krishna is a
maverick leader fromAndhra Pradesh . It is very difficult to define him because he stands for multiple marginalities likedalits , children with heart diseases, physically handicapped, Most backward classes (MBC s) etc. Recently he even announced that he will fight for the rights of the economically backward among theupper castes ofAndhra Pradesh .He is a grassroots fighter and master political strategist and the best thing about him is that he uses these abilities for the fighting for the rights of marginalized groups in the society. He has done fast unto death several times for children with heart diseases, physically handicapped and for classification of
Scheduled castes . Of late he is also fighting the mainstream media and the film industry for mis-representing and for making [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheduled_Caste_and_Scheduled_Tribe_(Prevention_of_Atrocities)_Act,_1989 fun of lower castes] and physically handicapped persons.External links
* [http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/jun/12madiga.htm MRPS Origin]
* [http://blogsearch.google.co.in/blogsearch?hl=en&num=30&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&q=madiga&btnG=Search+Blogs MRPS Blogs]
* [http://news.google.co.in/news?hl=en&num=30&client=firefox-a&um=1&tab=bn&scoring=n&q=madiga&btnG=Search+News MRPS News]
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