TRS legislators want memorial for Solipeta

Hyderabad: TRS MLAs sought a

memorial

constructed in honour of Dubbaka MLA

Solipeta

Ramalinga Reddy. Participating in a discussion to pay tributes to Ramalinga Reddy, MLA Gongidi Sunitha said the government should build a memorial for Reddy who was revered by poor people in his constituency.

Rasamayi Balakishan said Reddy fought for aspirations of people for a separate Telangana. “He was the first journalist who was booked under a TADA case. He was very active in pro-Telangana movement,” he said.

IT minister KT Rama Rao said Reddy was a journalist who later became a politician to serve the poor. Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said it was he who had introduced Reddy to politics as the latter was very passionate about the statehood for Telangana.

Participating in a discussion to pay tributes to Ramalinga Reddy, MLA Gongidi Sunitha said government should build a memorial for Reddy who was revered by poor