TS Assembly condemns naming airport after NTR
Hyderabad, November 21: It's already known that Civil Aviation Ministry had issued orders renaming the Domestic Terminal of Shamshabad Airport after Legendary film actor and politician, Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao. The issue shook Telangana assembly today and as expected, the ruling TRS and Congress parties have made a hue and cry over renaming the domestic terminal.
Rejecting the proposal sent by Union Aviation ministry, chief minister of Telangana K Chandrasekhar Rao moved a resolution against it and all the parties expect TDP and BJP supported the resolution.
KCR said "I am having great respect on NTR but we don't want Andhra leader's names in Telangana. When the public are demanding to remove the present names here, it is unfair to have a new name( NTR) for Shamsabad domestic terminal.'
He advised the AP Government that there are four airports in AP and all of them can be named after NTR. BJP party proposed that Komaram Bheem or PV Narasimha Rao name should be considered if name has to be changed, MIM wanted the airport to be named after Baba Sharfuddin, a Muslim saint who lived in that area.
A heated argument has taken place between TDP MLA Errabelli Dayakar rao and CM KCR over this issue. Errabelli asked him, when there are no objections for naming the International terminal after late Rajiv Gandhi, what is wrong in naming after NTR who served as CM for united state.
Speaking on the occasion Congress leader Jeevan Reddy alleged that the Seemandhra domination is still continuing in Telangana. He said NTR was now confined only to Andhra, and hence his legacy could be honored by AP government by naming airports in Vijayawada or Visakhapatnam.
The international one was named after Rajiv Gandhi and the domestic one after NTR. After Begumpet airport was closed for commercial traffic and Shamshabad is opened, only Rajiv Gandhi's name was given to both the terminals.
News Posted: 21 November, 2014
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