CM Revanth Reddy announces memorial park for poet Ande Sri in Telangana

Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy announced that Telangana would set up a memorial park in honour of late poet Ande Sri and provide a job to his family member. The State also urged the Centre to confer the Padma Shri award posthumously.

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy announced that the State government would establish a memorial park in memory of late poet Ande Sri and provide a job to one of his family members.

The State government had written a letter to the Union government appealing to confer the Padma Shri award on Ande Sri, he said, urging Union Ministers Kishan Reddy and Bandi Sanjay to extend their support to the State government’s effort to secure the award for the late poet.

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The Chief Minister attended the last rites of Ande Sri, who passed away on Monday.

He recalled the role played by the popular writer and poet during the Telangana struggle through his songs and poems.

Recalling his close association with the poet, the Chief Minister said the demise of Ande Sri was an irreparable loss to him personally and to Telangana society.

He said the collection of songs ‘Nippula Vaagu’ would serve and guide like the Bhagavad Gita, the Bible and the Quran for those fighting on Telangana issues. About 20,000 copies would be published and made available in every library in the State, he added.