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Chandrababu Naidu asks Speaker to install Ambedkar's statue in assembly


Hyderabad, Jan 27 (INN): 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.


2012-01-27


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