KTR to skip birthday celebration, join BRSV protest backing students, youth
BRS working president KT Rama Rao will skip his birthday celebrations and join a BRS Vidyarthi protest at Indira Park in Hyderabad, on Thursday morning. The demonstration is in solidarity with students opposing the Centre’s actions in New Delhi and condemning police excesses against protesters.
Hyderabad: BRS Working President KT Rama Rao will skip his 50th birthday celebrations and participate in a protest organised by the BRSV at Indira Park on Friday to express his solidarity with the agitating student community. The protest is being organised in solidarity with students and youth protesting against the Centre’s actions in New Delhi and to condemn the alleged police excesses against the protesters.
A large number of students, youth and BRSV activists are expected to take part in the programme. The BRS said the demonstration was intended to show support for students’ movements and oppose actions taken against protesters in the national capital.
Announcing his participation, Rama Rao said the voice of India’s youth cannot be suppressed through force. He urged students, youth and citizens who believe in democracy to join the protest and stand up for the constitutional right to dissent.
Speaking to mediapersons separately, former MLA Balka Suman said despite his 50th birthday on Friday, BRS Working President KT Rama Rao chose to stay away from celebrations and instead participate in the BRSV demonstration in solidarity with students and youth protesting across the country. He said the protests over the NEET issue had spread across the country and urged the Centre to take action against those responsible for the alleged paper leak.
He demanded the withdrawal of cases against protesting students, sought the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and called for stronger safeguards to prevent future examination leaks. He also targeted Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, alleging that he had remained silent on the NEET issue while criticising KT Rama Rao during a protest in Kodangal. He questioned why Revanth Reddy chose to visit Kodangal instead of joining Congress leaders protesting in New Delhi alongside Rahul Gandhi.
BRSV State president Gellu Srinivas Yadav said the BRS student wing (BRSV) had been consistently protesting against the alleged irregularities in NEET. He accused the BJP government at the Centre of using force against students in Delhi and alleged that the Congress government in Telangana had similarly cracked down on unemployed youth during protests in Hyderabad.
KT Rama Rao skips 50th birthday celebrations, urges service activities
BRS Working President KT Rama Rao decided against celebrating his 50th birthday in view of the crackdown on students and youth in New Delhi and the prevailing drought-like conditions in Telangana. He said the delayed rains and the hardships faced by farmers in Telangana, as well as the turbulent atmosphere prevailing across the country, were not appropriate conditions for celebrations.
He appealed to party leaders, workers, supporters and well-wishers not to spend money on cake-cutting, flex banners, hoardings, flower bouquets or advertisements to mark his birthday. Instead, he urged them to use the money for service activities and to help people in need, saying that would be the most meaningful way to mark the occasion.
