The brazen T protestors have not only shamelessly defended the demolition of statues on Tank Bund but they are now coming out in the open and defending their heinous act.
Some writers and poets from Telangana conducted a Swabhiman march on Tank Bund today. They raised slogans defending the felling of the statues. They even threatened the government with dire consequences if demolished statues were reinstalled.
2012/1/26 14:05:51 Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar on Thursday assured the delegation of Dalit representatives that he would direct the State Government to install the statue of Dr B R Ambedkar Statue in the Legislative Assembly premises soon.
Addressing Dalits organizations and associations in the State, who came to his chambers to submit a memorandum, Speaker Nadendla Manohar said that he would make sincere efforts for the installation of Ambedkar's statue in the Assembly premises.
The delegation was led by Rural Development Minister D Manikya Vara Prasad. The Dalit leaders also condemned the desecration of five Ambedkar statues in Amalapuram in East Godavari district. They also appealed to the Speaker to direct the government to initiate stern action against those responsible for disfiguring the statues.
They urged Speaker to direct the government to reinstall the statues and take steps to bring normalcy in the region. (INN)
2012/1/25 9:34:53 Civil Supplies Minister D Sridhar Babu has assured that Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy would do justice to Telangana region by allotting suitable berths in the next cabinet expansion.
Talking to media persons after launching `Subhojanam’ programme at Gosha Hospital in the district, Sridhar Babu expressed confidence that Chief Minister would do justice to SC/ST communities by giving them proper representing them in the Cabinet and remove the perception in their minds that his government was adopting anti-Dalit policies.
Responding to the ouster of Dr P Shankar Rao, he said that he was removed from the Cabinet due to some unavoidable circumstances.
Hailing the Subhojanam programme, where meals would be provided at Rs 8 and breakfast at Rs 5 for patients in the hospital, the Minister said that he would make efforts to implement the scheme at all government hospitals in the State.
Condemning the desecration of Dr B R Ambedkar statues in Amalapuram, he said that the government would take severe action against the guilty and directed the administration to reinstall the statues immediately. He appealed to the people in Konaseema region to observe restraint and help the administration and police maintain peace and law and order. (INN)
Statues to be allowed 25 years after death: Minister
2012/1/30 9:15:56 The state cabinet sub-committee has met today to discuss the ongoing statues desecration cases and to draft the rules and regulations for installing the statues in the state.
While, the committee members gave number of suggestions in this regard, Minister Dokka Manikya Varaprasad expressing his grief said ''Nowadays we are seeing even the statues of rowdies and murderers in some places. I have observed some in Guntur. There should be certain guidelines for installing the statues. I think the statue of any person should be installed 25 years after his death only, if people still remember him and demands for his statue. I agree late YSR is a great person and his statues can be spared from this condition. However, there should be certain guidelines for everything."
The cabinet sub committee's meeting and its decisions seems to be mainly aimed to control YS.Jagan Mohan Reddy who is installing hundreds of statues of his father late YSR. However, one can't suspect the honesty of sub-committee as it is expected to find a solution to the ongoing desecration of statues of eminent personalities in the state.
2011/9/18 6:13:42 YS.Jagan Mohan Reddy has unveiled number of statues of his father and former Chief Minister of the state late YS.Rajashekar Reddy through out the districts where he has visited during his Odarpu Yatra. But, the rivalry between the local groups in those districts leads to vandalizing the statues of late YSR.
According to reports, some miscreants in Nandikotkur, Brahmankotkur, and Garlapalli and in some other places in Kurnool district have vandalized the statues of late YSR. Leaders of YSR Congress party have lodged a police complaint in this regard.
The participants in the Million March vent their ire on the statues of eminent people at Tank Bund. After damaging the statues the protestors have not thrown them into Tank Bund.
The statues of Errapragada, Annamayya, Kandukuri Veeresalingam and others were damaged by the protestors.
The police remained mute spectators to the entire happenings. The protestors attacked the media personnel and damaged cameras in order to stop them from shooting the statue damaging incidents.
2012/1/28 9:45:17 The State Police on Saturday arrested three persons in connection with the desecration of Dr BR Ambedkar's statues in Amalapuram of East Godavari district.
Addressing a press conference here, Inspector General of Police K V Rajendranath Reddy said that cases have been registered against 13 people and of them, three have been arrested on Saturday. The accused - Durga Babu, Anji Babu and Anil were also produced before the media.
However, police said that they desecrated the statues in an inebriated condition. Rajendranath Reddy said that the remaining accused would be arrested soon. He said the desecrated statues have been recovered from a farm well.
The IG has assured of taking steps to ensure that such incidents do not recur in future.
Meanwhile, following a call given by Mala Mahanadu, the dalit organizations have observed bandh in Eluru in West Godavari district in protest against the desecration of Dr Ambedkar's statues. Shops, establishments, public transport and educational institutions remained closed in Eluru on Saturday. (INN)
2011/10/22 8:04:27 YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, who is currently touring across Guntur district is surprised to see the Villagers of Kolliparla in the district have arranged 7 statues of late YSR in their village as against one or two normally seen in any other villages. Though, there was some delay in his arrival, the villagers and the party cadres have patiently waits for him until evening and gave him a warm welcome. Later, he unveiled his father statues and addressed the villagers.
2012/2/16 4:54:08 Mala Mahanadu state president Karem Shivaji on Thursday demanded that the State Government take steps to protect Dr B R Ambedkar's statues in the State.
Talking to media persons, Karem Shivaji stated that the government should frame a stern law to deal with those vested elements who are defacing the statues of national leaders.
In protest against the desecration of Ambedkar's statues in the State, particularly in Amalapuram in East Godavari district, he said that Mala Mahanadu would organize `Chalo Hyderabad’ rally on March 21. He said he would also being his indefinite hunger fast on that day.
Karem also appealed to the State Government to take steps for total utilisation of SC/ST sub-plan funds. Alleging that SC/ST funds have been misused in many constituencies, he appealed to the government to take serious action against the officials responsible for it. (INN)
2012/1/30 8:30:00 The State Government has decided to enforce the rules for the erection of statues across the State.
The decision was taken by the Cabinet Sub-Committee which met at the State Secretariat here on Monday. Briefing the media after the meeting, Tourism Minister Vatti Vasanth Kumar said that the government would strictly implement the GO Ms No 55 dated April 18, 2003 which laid down certain rules and regulations for the erection of statues in the State.
As per the GO, the minister said, no statue could be installed anywhere in the State without taking clearance from the local authorities. It would also be mandatory for all the elected representatives to check whether the statues have necessary permissions before they unveil them or attending those events.
The cabinet sub-committee comprising Ministers K Jana Reddy (Panchayat Raj), N Raghuveer Reddy (Revenue), B Dharmana Prasad (R&B), M Maheedhar Reddy (Municipal Administration) and Vatti Vasanth Kumar (Tourism) also discussed the recent incidents of desecration of statues. However, the committee did not make any official comment about them.
The cabinet sub-committee has also directed the Districts' Collectors to submit a detailed report on the statues which have been erected without permission.
Vasanth Kumar assured that the State Government would soon re-install the statues which were damaged during the Telangana Million March. He admitted that the re-installation was delayed due to some problems with the tender process. However, he said that the re-installation process would be completed soon.
The minister said that demand for the installation of statue of famous tribal leader Kommaram Bheem was also under the active consideration of the government. (INN)
There is now stiff competition between Balakrishna and YS Jagan. Yes, you read it right – it is a competition between Jagan and Balakrishna. Jagan is in politics while Balakrishna is a hero. So the competition is now in the political battle.
Balakrishna is keen to enter active politics. For this he is now going round the state. He is also unveiling statues of his late father NT Rama Rao in many places. Jagan has been unveiling the statues of his late father YSR in villages and towns and cities across the state. So we have to see who will win the race in installing the highest number of statues – Jagan or Balakrishna.
2011/3/10 7:09:51 It is a black day in the history of Andhra Pradesh. During the million march lead by Prof.Kodhandaram, Gaddar and many TRS leaders, the peaceful march takes violent shape and ends with the rampage by the Telangana people. They have damaged the statues of SriKrishna Devaraya, Sri Sri, Gurram Jashuva, Pingali Venkayya (The man who designed our Tri Colored flag); Kandukuri Veeresalingam; Annamayya, Erra Pragada, Molla and many other statues. While, many of them partially damaged some of them completely damaged and thrown into Hussein Sagar by the protesters.
However, TRS leaders allege that, it is not the Telangana people or TRS workers but the police who come in civil dress have damaged the statutes to create tensions between the Seemandhra and Telangana people. This indicates that, none of the Telangana leaders including K.Chandrashekar Rao are regretting for the grave mischief.
Quite surprisingly, the police and Para military forces which have cordoned the city from the early morning have simply remains silent spectators of this disgraceful incident. The leaders who are not capable of leading the agitations in a peaceful way, are making the state Government responsible for this incident!
(We are not publishing the images of the damaged statues to avoid the heart brake for the Telugu people.)
2011/1/19 21:34:34 YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s ‘Odarpu Yatra’ across the Andhra region might be intended to console the victim’s families. But, to be frank it is the one last reason of his strategic political moves. He uses these tours for building necessary infrastructure for his forthcoming political party and to create cadres for it. Wherever he visits, workers and leaders from the Congress, TDP and even from Praja Rajyam party were being inducted into his camp, which indicates the political intentions of this young politician.
On the other hand, one more thing he does in all his tours is installing his father late YSR’s statues all over the places. Although, initially it was considered it as part of a routine political procedure , the pace and the quantity of installing the statues of late YSR now gradually become a major cause of concern to the people and local authorities of the government. Because, some second grade political leaders from various parties who want to develop a close contact with this upcoming leader orders for hundreds of YSR statues and obliges him install everywhere, thus creating political clashes between the people in the rural areas and traffic problems in the urban areas.
It is learnt that, as on today more than 5000 statues were installed all over the state and it may further multiple in the coming days. If this practice continues further it not only creates a negative image for the late leader but also to his ambitious son Jagan Mohan Reddy. After all one should know that, a real tribute to the great leader would be the all round development of the society and certainly not installing thousands of his statues.
(IANS) Lifelike wax statues of former Indian cricket star Kapil Dev and Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal were unveiled here Friday by Lonavala's Celebrity Wax Museum.
The statues have been crafted by India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor in the past few weeks and will be put on permanent display at the Lonavala museum, its director Sujith Sukumaran said.
Both Kapil Dev and Bhujbal present at the unveiling ceremony at Hotel Taj Mahal here evening and posed alongside their wax duplicates before a gathering which included several celebrities.
Kapil Dev and Bhujbal showered lavish praise on the statues and complimented the sculptor for doing a commendable job.
Speaking on the occasion, Bhujbal urged the need to set up the Celebrity Wax Museum in Mumbai which could boost tourism attractions available in the country's commercial capital.
He also suggested that Sukumaran should consider creating statues of more people from different walks of life besides Hollywood, Bollywood, political and social celebrities.
Last Sunday, a wax statue of Anna Hazare went on display at the museum.
The air-conditioned museum at Varsoli village, outskirts of Lonavala, has statues of 32 other prominent personalities including Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Charlie Chaplin, Michael Jackson, Mother Teresa and Oscar winning music director A. R. Rahman, besides several other living and dead legends.
In the coming weeks, Sukumaran said he plans to create and install similar wax statues of actors Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan.
2012/1/30 15:45:31 YSR Congress Party leader Bajireddy Govardhan Reddy on Monday said that Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu’s statement that if he came to power his party would destroy all statues of the late Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy might have provoked the desecration of Dr B R Ambedkar’s statues.
Talking to media persons at YSR Congress party office here, Mr Govardhan Reddy condemned the desecration of statues and demanded that the government nab the perpetrators instead of leveling charges against commoners.
Suspecting a wide conspiracy behind these acts, he said that only a thorough probe would reveal who the real culprits were. He took a serious note of the fact that Anti Corruption Bureau was not taking any action against Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana despite his alleged links with liquor syndicate.
Instead of arresting small fish, the ACB should catch big sharks involved in the liquor scam, he said. (INN)
2011/7/26 19:56:20 YS.Jagan Mohan Reddy will start his Odarpu Yatra from Maddikera in Kurnool on Wednesday at 10.30 am. He will unveil his father’s statue and address the people there. Later, he will proceed to Adhoni via several villages unveiling YSR statues and conducting road shows. He will console four families living at Maddikera, Nagaradona, Pacharlapalli and Adhoni areas. During this 10th day of OY he will cover around 95Kms and unveil 10 statues on his way to Adhoni, where he will rest tonight.
2012/1/23 8:58:35 Some unidentified miscreants have demolished statues of Dr.Ambedkar in several areas in Amalapuram in East Godavari district on yesterday night. The raged backward leaders have attacked the suspects and the situation turn serious with both sides start hurling stones at each other. The small group of police force deployed fails to control the mobs and asks for additional forces. BC leaders have blocked all the main roads connected to the city and demands for immediate arrest of the culprits. The situation is very tense, but under police control now.
YSR Cong politicising Ambedkar's statue, alleges Congress
2012/5/12 3:58:01 Hyderabad, May 12 (INN): Medical Education Minister Kondru Murali Mohan on Saturday demanded unconditional apology from YSR Congress party leaders for lodging a complaint with the Election Commission against T Subbarami Reddy, Congress candidate from Nellore Lok Sabha constituency, for promising to install the statues of Dr B R Ambedkar.
Talking to media persons at the Congress Legislature Party office, Murali Mohan demanded that the YSR Congress party leaders immediately withdraw their complaint. If they fail to change their attitude, he said that the Dalits in the state would not vote in favour of YSR Congress party.
Stating that Subbarami Reddy has not violated the Model Code of Conduct by promising installation of Ambedkar's Statues, he said that Ambedkar was not a politician, but the architect of Indian constitution. Everyone is free to install Ambedkar statues anywhere in the country, he said.
The minister said that YSR Congress party leaders politicizing the Ambedkar statue’s issue to get mileage in the ensuing by-elections.
2012/1/24 8:43:30 The statues of eminent personalities of the state are now become soft targets for the miscreant-mobs to express their ire over their rivals. We have seen how the situation turns worse in a matter of 24hours in Amalapuram with the demolition of Dr.Ambedkar's statues. As an indication of the mania spreading to other places, some miscreants in Ramapuram in Nalgonda district have damaged the statue of late NTR on yesterday night. Police starts investigating the case. TDP president Chandrababu said it is shameful to vandalize the statue of late NTR who made all the Telugu people proud of him. He demands an immediate action on the culprits.
The well known balladeer and now staunch Telangana activist Gaddar was loved by one and all.
Gaddar is a talented singer and writer and even people from Seemandhra loved him for his talent.
However Gaddar with his senseless comment on the demolition of statues on Tank Bund has made him look like a stupid and mindless protestor.
Gaddar has not expressed any regret and people are saying that a person who does not feel sorry for what happened to the statues of great literary and social activists is not an artist at all. He is just a mindless protestor and not an artist! He has lost all respect now.
YS. Jagan Mohan Reddy has completed 15days of his Odarpu Yatra in Prakasham district yesterday. He has started his yesterday’s tour from Addanki village after performing Puja Karyakram at Singarakonda Anjaneya Swami Temple. Later, he moved towards Gopalapuram, Kalavakuru, Kopperapadu. There he offered prayers at local Church and then proceeds to Kottur. There, he unveiled YSR statue and proceeds to Yelamavari Palem and Kukatlapalli villages, where he unveiled two more statues of YSR.
While at Kukatlapalli, Jagan was obliged to have his lunch with one of his die-hard fan Ravindranath who insists him to share lunch with his family. Hence, his tour was delayed by two hours. Later, he precedes to neighbouring villages Vaidhana and Surepalli. He unveiled statues of YSR at Surepalli, Makkenapalli, Kundhurru villages. He has reached Elchuru village around 9pm where he unveiled 4 statues.
Then, he reached Ramireddy Palem around midnight and unveiled YSR statue. Later, he reached Puttavaripalem where he condole the family members of Abdul Rahim, who commits suicide for late YSR.
Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar on Thursday assured the delegation of Dalit representatives that he would direct the State Government to install the statue of Dr B R Ambedkar Statue in the Legislative Assembly premises soon.
Civil Supplies Minister D Sridhar Babu has assured that Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy would do justice to Telangana region by allotting suitable berths in the next cabinet expansion.
The state cabinet sub-committee has met today to discuss the ongoing statues desecration cases and to draft the rules and regulations for installing the statues in the state.
YS.Jagan Mohan Reddy has unveiled number of statues of his father and former Chief Minister of the state late YS.Rajashekar Reddy through out the districts where he has visited during his Odarpu Yatra. But, the rivalry between the local groups in those districts leads to vandalizing the statues of late YSR. 
YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, who is currently touring across Guntur district is surprised to see the Villagers of Kolliparla in the district have arranged 7 statues of late YSR in their village as against one or two normally seen in any other villages. Though, there was some delay in his arrival, the villagers and the party cadres have patiently waits for him until evening and gave him a warm welcome. Later, he unveiled his father statues and addressed the villagers. 
YSR Congress Party leader Bajireddy Govardhan Reddy on Monday said that Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu’s statement that if he came to power his party would destroy all statues of the late Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy might have provoked the desecration of Dr B R Ambedkar’s statues.
The statues of eminent personalities of the state are now become soft targets for the miscreant-mobs to express their ire over their rivals. We have seen how the situation turns worse in a matter of 24hours in Amalapuram with the demolition of Dr.Ambedkar's statues. As an indication of the mania spreading to other places, some miscreants in Ramapuram in Nalgonda district have damaged the statue of late NTR on yesterday night. Police starts investigating the case. TDP president Chandrababu said it is shameful to vandalize the statue of late NTR who made all the Telugu people proud of him. He demands an immediate action on the culprits.
