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.
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.
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.
Install Ambedkar statue in Assembly premises: Babu
2012/1/27 14:34:50 Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu has appealed to Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar to use his office to install a bronze statue of Dr B R Ambedkar in the premises of State Legislative Assembly.
In a letter written to the Speaker on Friday, Naidu said that Dr Ambedkar's statue should be installed in the assembly building as a mark of respect for his contribution towards the constitution and for empowering the lives of depressed classes by providing reservation in jobs and education.
The TDP chief said that his party has been has favoured Bharat Ratna for Dr Ambedkar and has built Ambedkar Bhavans in all districts during the TDP's regime.
Expressing serious concern over the desecration of Ambedkar statues by some anti-social elements in Amalapuram, Naidu demanded that the government initiate stringent action against the guilty and take steps to ensure that such incidents do not recur. (INN)
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)
2012/1/28 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)
2012/4/11 0:39:11 Telagana Jagruthi president K Kavitha would sit on a 48-hour hunger strike demanding installation of Dr BR Ambedkar statue in the premises of State Legislative Assembly.
Talking to reporters here on Wednesday, Kavitha said that the she would begin the 48-hour hunger strike from April 14 at Indira Park. She demanded that Ambedkar's statue be installed next to the Mahatma Gandhi's statue in the assembly premises. She said that all political parties have made representation to Speaker Nadendla Manohar requesting him to take steps for the installation of Ambedkar's statue. However, she said no action has been taken in this regard.
Kavitha also demanded that the State Government should install the statues of Telangana leaders like Kommaram Bhem at Tank Bund. Else, she warned that pro-Telangana activists would halt the re-installation of statues, damaged during Million March, at Tank Bund. She said that large-scale protests would be held across the region if the demands for installation of Ambedkar statue in assembly and Telangana leaders' statues at Tank Bund were not met. (INN)
2012/1/26 9:23:18 Telangana Jagruthi Organisation president Kavita was arrested by police on Thursday at Tank Bund in Hyderabad. She accompanied by some TRS workers and others have staged a dharna at Ambedkar statue at Tank bund in protest against vandalizing of Dr.Ambedkar statues in Amalapuram and Dhavaleswaram. She plans for a protest march to Assembly demanding an immediate action against the culprits and for installing a statue of Dr.Ambedkar in Assembly premises. However, since she has no police permission for her march, she was arrested by them. Kavita raged with her arrest enters into heated arguments with the police asking them what is wrong with her demands. She warns the Government if it fails to take immediate action on her demands, she will block the Assembly with thousands of people.
Building a casteless society is real tribute to Ambedkar: Dr JP
2012/4/14 6:44:28 Dr BR Ambedkar’s birth anniversary should be an occasion for everyone to pledge himself or herself for a building a casteless society in which all children, irrespective of the accident of birth in a certain caste, can realize their true potential and compete with the son of a collector or the daughter of a minister, said Lok Satta Party President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan here today.
Addressing a gathering after garlanding Ambedkar’s statue nearTank Bund, Dr JP said that regarding Dr. Ambedkar as only a Dalit leader amounts to doing great injustice to a national leader who strove to preserve national unity and eradicate caste.
Dr JP congratulated the State Government on constituting a Cabinet sub-committee on implementation of the sub-plan for SCs and STs and hoped the Government would create mechanisms necessary for productively utilizing the funds meant for downtrodden sections.
At the Lok Satta Party headquarters, party leaders Eeda Chennayya, V. Laxman Balaji, Katari Srinivasa Rao, Bandaru Ramamohana Rao, M. Satyanarayana, P. Sivaji and J. Krishna Rao paid floral tributes to Ambedkar. They said that paying a real tribute to Ambedkar lies in fighting against social evils and not merely in installing statues and garlanding them. It is to empower Dalits politically that the Lok Satta has been demanding proportional representation in elected bodies, they said. (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.
2012/4/14 6:46:29 Rich tributes were paid to Dr BR Ambedkar on his birth anniversary by YSR Congress Party here on Saturday.
YSR Congress president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy paid floral tributes to Dr Ambedkar and said that the marginalised sections of the society need to be given priority in all developmental works.
YSRC leaders, Jupudi Prabhakar, former MLA Sobha Nagi Reddy were also present on the occasion. (INN)
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.
Vital clues found in statue desecration cases: DGP
2012/1/27 14:40:02 Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy on Friday said that the teams, appointed to investigate the cases of desecration of Dr B R Ambedkar statues in Amalapuram in East Godavari district, had got vital clues about the incidents.
Talking to media persons, after conducting a review meeting at Police Commissionerate here, the DGP said that those responsible for disfiguring of statues would be arrested by Saturday.
“It was the handiwork of local elements and police have got all vital clues in this connection,” he added. He said the government was planning to form gram committees to protect the statues of national leaders. He claimed that normalcy had returned to Konaseema region and that the situation was under control.
The DGP that additional forces, deployed to maintain law and order in the town, would be withdrawn once the situation improved.
He said that cyber police station would be set up in Vijayawada, Tirupati and Visakhapatnam in view of the increase in cyber crime cases in these areas. Also, 24 sub-control rooms would be established in the limits of Vijayawada Commissionerate, Krishna and West Godavari districts, he added. He also revealed that a Deputy Superintendent of Police would be appointed in each Assembly segment to take care of law and order.
He said that the government had decided to increase wages and allowances of Home Guards, issue them bus passes and extend Arogyasri scheme benefits. (INN)
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.
May will be a month for rationalists to rejoice. The movies Periyar and Ambedkar would hit the screens one after another during May.
Both Periyar and Ambedkar fought for the downtrodden and championed the cause of Dalits. Their penchant for rationalist ideas is widely known.
Ambedkar features Mammootty in the title role and the movie is being dubbed and released in Tamil. Noted producer Vishwas Sundar has obtained the dubbing rights in Tamil.
Periyar starring Sathyaraj in the role of the rationalist leader will be released on 25 May. Directed by Gnanarajasekaran, the movie features Kushboo and Jyothirmayi in the roles of Maniammai and Nagammai respectively.
2012/1/24 9:29:22 Giving a caste-twist to his exit from the Council of Ministers, former minister Dr P Shankar Rao described Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy as 'anti-Dalit' and 'pro-corruption'.
"What was my fault?" asked Dr Shankar Rao while speaking to media persons at the Congress Legislature Party office here on Tuesday. He said he was dropped from the cabinet for waging a war against corruption.
However, he said, those who attacked him were still moving freely and no action has been taken against them yet. He threatened that Dalits across the State would launch an agitation if those involved in the attack were not arrested.
Dr Shankar Rao also slammed the State Government for the Amalapuram incidents wherein statues of Dr B R Ambedkar were desecrated by some unidentified persons. He said that the government has failed to arrest the culprits even after 24 hours after the incident.
Dalits would not remain silent and would teach a fitting lesson to the State Government in next elections if the culprits involved in the desegregation of the statues are not arrested immediately, he warned. The impact would also be felt in the assembly elections going on in five states, he added. (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)
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)
2012/4/14 6:40:21 )Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana on Saturday said that the Congress party would follow the ideals of of constitutional architect Dr B R Ambedkar.
Talking to media persons after garlanding the portrait of Ambedkar at Gandhi Bhavan to mark his 122nd birth anniversary, Botsa Satyanarayana said that the government was committed to the welfare of SC/STs and called upon party cadre to take the government schemes and programmes launched for the benefit of SC/STs to their doorsteps. He reiterated that the government would make all efforts to uplift the lives of downtrodden by implementing welfare schemes.
Deputy Chief Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha said that the Cabinet sub-committee appointed to look into implementation of SC/ST sub-plan funds under his chairmanship would submit full-fledged report to the government within two months. He lauded the services of Dr Ambedkar for the upliftment of under-privileged sections in the country by providing reservation to them.
Labour Minister Danam Nagender, Marketing Minister M Mukesh Goud and MLAs and MLCs participated in the programme. (INN
Chief minister Y S Rajashekar Reddys house at Pulivendula will be demolished as part of the road widening work. The authorities planned to acquire nearly six feet of the premises for road widening. But the CM decided to demolish the house completely.
The entire road is being widened as part of the master plan. Many roads are being widened to ease congestion and ensure smooth flow of traffic. The authorities are also reported to have drawn up a plan for laying an outer ring road too.
Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu has appealed to Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar to use his office to install a bronze statue of Dr B R Ambedkar in the premises of State Legislative Assembly.
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.
Telagana Jagruthi president K Kavitha would sit on a 48-hour hunger strike demanding installation of Dr BR Ambedkar statue in the premises of State Legislative Assembly.
Telangana Jagruthi Organisation president Kavita was arrested by police on Thursday at Tank Bund in Hyderabad. She accompanied by some TRS workers and others have staged a dharna at Ambedkar statue at Tank bund in protest against vandalizing of Dr.Ambedkar statues in Amalapuram and Dhavaleswaram. She plans for a protest march to Assembly demanding an immediate action against the culprits and for installing a statue of Dr.Ambedkar in Assembly premises. However, since she has no police permission for her march, she was arrested by them. Kavita raged with her arrest enters into heated arguments with the police asking them what is wrong with her demands. She warns the Government if it fails to take immediate action on her demands, she will block the Assembly with thousands of people.
Dr BR Ambedkar’s birth anniversary should be an occasion for everyone to pledge himself or herself for a building a casteless society in which all children, irrespective of the accident of birth in a certain caste, can realize their true potential and compete with the son of a collector or the daughter of a minister, said Lok Satta Party President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan here today.
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.
Rich tributes were paid to Dr BR Ambedkar on his birth anniversary by YSR Congress Party here on Saturday.
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. 
Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy on Friday said that the teams, appointed to investigate the cases of desecration of Dr B R Ambedkar statues in Amalapuram in East Godavari district, had got vital clues about the incidents.
Giving a caste-twist to his exit from the Council of Ministers, former minister Dr P Shankar Rao described Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy as 'anti-Dalit' and 'pro-corruption'.
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.
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. 
Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana on Saturday said that the Congress party would follow the ideals of of constitutional architect Dr B R Ambedkar.
