The representatives of various Indian and Telugu organisations convened a coordination and preparatory meeting in this regard and also visited the proposed site
Local Sarpanch Uddamarri Rajkumar said that they installed the statue by spending nearly Rs 5 lakh with the support of the TRS leaders as a mark of respect to CM KCR
Former India cricketer Bishen Singh Bedi had severely criticised the DDCA for choosing to install the statue of an administrator instead of an inspirational cricketer
Lashing out at the DDCA culture, which he alleged promotes nepotism and puts "administrators ahead of cricketers", Bedi also renounced his membership of the body