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The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) connected Monday criticised Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu for what it described arsenic an insult to the representation of Amarajeevi Potti Sriramulu, alleging that the State authorities lacked the volition to honour the person who sacrificed his beingness for the enactment of Andhra State.
The enactment leaders paid floral tributes to the state combatant during a programme to people his decease day astatine the enactment cardinal bureau successful Tadepalli connected Monday. They reiterated their committedness to carrying guardant his ideals of unity among Telugu people.
Former Minister Vellampalli Srinivasa Rao questioned whether a authorities that claims to walk lakhs of crores connected projects specified arsenic Amaravati was incapable of allocating funds for installing a statue of Potti Sriramulu. He termed the proposition of collecting nationalist donations for the statue arsenic shameful and a “direct insult” to a person whose sacrifice belonged to each the Telugu people.
Citing authorities expenditure connected different memorials, including ₹11 crore spent connected a DPR for an NTR statue and authoritative backing for Ramoji Rao memorial events, helium asked wherefore akin respect was not shown to Potti Sriramulu.
Mr. Srinivasa Rao besides criticised the authorities for changing Andhra Pradesh Formation Day from November 1 to June 2, stating that the determination undermined the bequest of Potti Sriramulu. He recalled that erstwhile Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy had restored November 1 arsenic State Formation Day done a authorities bid successful 2019 and ensured its observance during his tenure.
MLC Lella Appi Reddy said that Potti Sriramulu’s sacrifice would beryllium remembered arsenic agelong arsenic the Telugu radical existed.
YSRCP SC Cell State president and erstwhile MLA T.J.R. Sudhakar Babu accused the contiguous authorities of repeatedly disrespecting Potti Sriramulu’s bequest and warned that the enactment would powerfully reason immoderate further specified actions.
The YSRCP leaders said that honouring Potti Sriramulu was the work of the State and not a substance for nationalist charity.
