Media with its objectivity and fairness should be a partner in nation-building: Vice President Radhakrishnan

Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan urged media houses to go partners successful nation-building done their constructive relation arsenic the 4th pillar of the antiauthoritarian system. He besides emphasised the urgency to cheque the dispersed of fake quality and misinformation successful the integer era.

Addressing the inaugural lawsuit of Ramoji Excellence Awards-2025 astatine Ramoji Film City, the Vice-President lauded the efforts of precocious media baron Ramoji Rao successful value-based journalism.

“Truth, objectivity, and fairness should beryllium the mainstay of media houses,” helium said. Praising the precocious Ramoji Rao for achieving large heights successful the fields of journalism and the movie industry, helium commended the constitution of Ramoji Film City, stating that 1 tin travel to the Film City with a publication and spell with a print. He hailed Ramoji Group for instituting the Excellence Awards successful his memory.

On the different hand, helium lamented the increasing cause menace crossed the federation and urged radical to combat the menace. Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu and Chief Minister of Telangana A. Revanth Reddy, recalled their relation with Ramoji Rao and the latter’s committedness towards people’s issues.

“Ramoji Rao, arsenic a media location owner, championed the people’s issues. He played the relation of an Opposition to resoluteness their issues,” Mr Naidu said, calling the precocious media baron a maverick successful galore fields.

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy termed the Ramoji Film City arsenic the 4th wonderment of Hyderabad and said that the State authorities would widen each enactment to prolong the bequest of the “Ramoji” marque successful assorted sectors, chiefly journalism and the promotion of the state-of-the-art Ramoji Film City, which has emerged arsenic the hub of film-making successful the world.

Maintaining credibility is the hallmark of the Eenadu quality group. Ramoji Rao has besides made his ain people successful selling pickles and quality contented successful the competitory market.

Congratulating each the recipients of Ramoji Excellence Awards, the Chief Minister said, asserting that they should each strive to walk connected Ramoji’s ideas to aboriginal generations. The Ramoji marque should beryllium live forever.

Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma, erstwhile Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, and erstwhile Chief Justice of India NV Ramana called Ramoji Rao a existent inspiration for generations to travel and recalled his services successful the tract of journalism.

Mr. Venkaiah Naidu and Mr. N. V. Ramana stressed the request to beforehand Telugu, the parent tongue, successful each spheres, portion giving owed value to English and Hindi. The grant recipients see Pallabi Ghosh successful the Women Achievers category, Sathupati Prasanna Sree successful Arts and Culture, Akash Tandon successful Service to Humanity, Jaideep Hardikar successful Journalism, Madhavi Latha successful Science and Technology, Srikanth Bolla successful Youth Icon, and Amla Ruia successful Rural Development category.

Union Ministers Kishan Reddy and K Ram Mohan Naidu were contiguous portion Ramoji Group CMD Kiron Kumar welcomed the gathering.