NTR is no less than Gandhi: TDP MP

TDP MP Kesineni Nani on Wednesday has triggered a row with his remark that party founder late N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) did more for the Telugu people than Mahatma Gandhi.

Lok Sabha member from Vijayawada, Kesineni Nani, made the remarkswhile defending the installation of the TDP founder’s statue at SRR and CVR College in Machavaram village here.

“NTR is no less than Gandhi. In fact he has done more for Telugu people than Gandhi,” said the MP replying to the argument by those opposing the statue that NTR was no Gandhi. The statue of the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister was unveiled in the college premises on his 21st death anniversary despite protests by a few student groups owing allegiance to opposition parties.

Meanwhile, TDP MLC Budda Venkanna went a step ahead and demanded that Krish district should be named after NTR.

” When Kadapa district named after factionist why cannot Krishna district be named with NTR,” he asked and also demanded Bharath Ratna for NTR.