KTR condemns removal of Peddi Sudarshan Reddy’s statue, calls it barbaric

BRS working president KT Rama Rao condemned the removal of former MLA Peddi Sudarshan Reddy’s statue in Narsampet. He alleged political interference, demanded the release of detained BRS leaders and vowed to install the statue if the BRS returns to power

Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Tuesday condemned the removal of the statue of Telangana activist and former MLA Peddi Sudarshan Reddy in Narsampet, alleging that the Congress government had acted barbarically by removing it overnight. He vowed that upon returning to power, the BRS government would name the government medical college in Narsampet after the former MLA and install his statue to honour his contribution to the Telangana statehood movement.

Reacting to the removal of the statue, Rama Rao said the Congress government used the police to remove the statue in an attempt to please Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy. He urged the police not to act at the behest of Congress leaders and become victims of a political tussle. He reminded them that power was not permanent.

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The BRS working president also criticised the arrests and house arrests of BRS leaders and activists across the erstwhile Warangal district following protests against the statue’s removal. Among those detained were Legislative Council Opposition leader S Madhusudhanachari, former government chief whip Dasyam Vinay Bhaskar, former MLA Nannapuneni Narender and other senior party leaders.

He demanded the immediate and unconditional release of all those arrested and warned that the BRS would not tolerate the filing of illegal cases against its leaders and workers.

Rama Rao said removing the statue and suppressing democratic protests was unacceptable and demanded that the government immediately withdraw the action. He also appealed to the authorities not to cause further distress to Sudarshan Reddy’s family through such actions. He questioned the need for the removal of the statue from a private property overnight.