Andhra supporters cry cultural invasion after the million march
Describing it as a “ cultural invasion” of Andhra culture and history by Telangana protagonists, the leaders of all parties from the Seemandhra region (comprising Andhra and Rayalaseema) equated the incident with the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992. As many as 33 statues of Telugu icons were erected on the eastern side of the Tank Bund on the banks of Hussain sagar Lake during the regime of former chief minister N. T. Rama Rao. On Thursday, 11 of these statues were razed to the ground by the agitators.
Among the statues demolished Telugu theatre artiste Bellari Raghava’s statue was destroyed by pro- Telangana agitators.
were those of famous poets of the medieval and modern eras, including Annamacharya, Errapreggada, Vemana, Gurram Joshua and Sri Sri. The statues of Vijayanagara emperor Srikrishna Devaraya, social reformers Kandukuri Veerashalingam, writers Gurajada Appa Rao and Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Chowdary, and theatre artiste Bellari Raghava were also destroyed.
Some of the broken idols were later dumped into the lake. The mob damaged the platforms on which the statues were installed as well and even removed the plaques carrying the names and brief history of the personalities.
Deputy commissioner of police Akun Sabharwal told reporters the destruction of the statues was a planned act. He pointed out that some Telangana leaders, such as Telangana Rashtra Samithi legislator K. T. Rama Rao, had in the past threatened to destroy the statues as many of them belonged to leaders of the Andhra region.
“ They carried out the threats in a planned manner during the ‘million march’ on Tank Bund. They chose the place only for this specific purpose,” the police official said. The state assembly was rocked by the demolition of the statues on Friday, with the Opposition demanding the Congress government’s resignation for its failure to protect them.
The House was adjourned twice as legislators of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) from the Andhra and Rayalaseema regions stalled the proceedings, insisting on a debate on Thursday’s incident.
Andhra supporters cry cultural invasion after the million march
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The statues of Seemandhra grates were installed in Telangana area as a cultural invasion of Telangana. Why the statues of Telangana grates were not installed even after many requests and representations. Telangana people were left with no option but turn in to haters of seemandhra grates. Why Seemandhra grates were not installed in Seemandhra. Why Telangana grates were not installed in Seemandhra.
ReplyDeleteThe undemocratic and barbaric acts of Andhra govts has started turning Telangana people in to haters of Everything Andhra. Andhra govt and people need to understand the magnanimity of the situation and act rationally to turn this temporary emotinal hate in to permanent hatred.
Here is the one of the comment I read on the web by a Tealngana NRI.
Kavuri, Lagadapati and scores of exploiters, while they can not stop formation of Telangana, will not rest till all Telanganites are
converted as intense haters of Andhras. At the best the Congress can hold back formation
of Telangana till 2013, after which year the BJP will form government at the centre and the first bill to be passed by them will be for formation of Telangana. If the formation of Telangana is delayed till then, the people of
Telangana would be such haters of Andhras that if they see a cobra and an Andhrite at once, they would prefer to eliminate Andhrite first and even let a cobra live to see another day.