K T Rama Rao gets invite from Andhra Pradesh to support special category fight

Ch Sushil Rao / TNN / Jan 23, 2017, 06:53 IST

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KTR took to Twitter on Sunday to say: "When the power of people is greater than people in power, it's a real democracy.

K T Rama Rao gets invite from Andhra Pradesh to support special category fight

IT minister K T Rama Rao.

HYDERABAD: After IT minister K T Rama Rao tweeted his appreciation for 'Tamil brothers' for their peaceful demonstration on the Jallikattu issue, the minister was invited to support the fight for special category status of Andhra Pradesh.
KTR took to Twitter on Sunday to say: "When the power of people is greater than people in power, it's a real democracy. People of Telangana proved it and now our Tamil brothers." The minister described the protest as 'unprecedented, apolitical & disciplined'.

"Appreciate the fact that it's a peaceful demonstration," he added.
Reacting to the minister backing the people of Tamil Nadu on the Jallikattu issue, many urged the minister to support the cause for special status for AP ahead of the proposed demonstration at R K Beach in Visakhapatnam on January 26.
"Need your support on the demand for special status, which is our right," one said. Another person made a 'humble request' to KTR to support the special status demand for Andhra Pradesh.

KTR, however, received some flak for comparing the Telangana agitation to the demonstrations in support of Jallikattu. "Telangana protesters took law into their hands and destroyed Andhra people's properties and movie shooting sets," one person pointed out. He also reminded about the statues on Tank Bund, some of which had been thrown into Hussainsagar by protesters.
"One was a violent protest and Jallikattu is non-violent protest," the person reminded KTR. Another pointed out that there were no leaders in Jallikattu, but people staged protest on their own. One did not want any comparison to be made between the Telangana movement and Jallikattu issue as Telangana movement was several years old, but Jallikattu issue was just 13 days old.

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Ch Sushil Rao

Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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