Condemning the State government's move to rename the
Lalitha Kala Thoranam after former prime minister Rajiv Gandh, Telugu Desam Party Legislators on Thursday took out a padayatra from Assembly premises to the open air theatre in
Public Gardens.
Raising slogans against the government's move to rename the Lalitha Kala Thoranam, TDP Legislator Dadi Veerabhadra Rao demanded scrapping of the Government Order 1307 issued in this regard, immediately.
Veerabhadra Rao alleged that the renaming of Thoranam would hurt the sentiments and emotions attached to crores of Telugu people, and appealed to the government to retain the old name.
He suspected an ulterior motive behind the MP and Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology T Subbarami Reddy, who is contributing funds for the revamping of the Thoranam.
Veerabhadra Rao alleged that Subbarami Reddy has contributed funds for refurbishing the Lalitha kala Thoranam in order to protect his seat and please AICC president Sonia Gandhi.
The TDP would intensify its agitation against renaming of Thoranam in the city until the government withdraws the GO, the protestors warned.
TDP legislators Motukupalli Narsimhulu, Tadipatri Veerabhadra Rao, Seeta Dayakar, T Krishna Reddy and Talasani Srinivasa Yadav took part in the padayatra.
Courtesy: INN