“Narayan Reddy was a great democrat who called off the armed struggle when the country attained independence,” he said.
Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao paid rich tributes to Telangana Armed Struggle leader Ravi Narayan Reddy on his birth anniversary on Saturday. He recalled that Ravi Narayan Reddy besides building armed movement for the liberation of Telangana also demonstrated his immense faith in the Parliamentary democracy. “Narayan Reddy was a great democrat who called off the armed struggle when the country attained independence,” he said.
The Chief Minister said Narayan Reddy in the first general elections in the country won with the highest majority and set a record. He stated that the Telangana Armed struggle leader had shown that if people’s movements are to be successful, the action programme should be made in tune with the existing circumstances. The spirit of people’s movement as practiced by Ravi Narayana Reddy was very much an integral part of the separate Telangana movement that we all waged, he added.
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