Ponnala demands erection of Jayashankar’s statue

hyderabad; Demanding the state government to install Telangana protagonist Prof. Jayashankar’s statue immediately, Congress senior leader Ponnala Laxmaiah has alleged that the TRS government was not giving adequate recognition to the Telangana martyrs yet. The government failed to extend financial help to many bereaved families of Telangana martyrs. The government was also not lifted the cases against Telangana activists, he claimed.

Ponnala paid tributes to Telangana martyrs on the occasion of Jayashankar’s birth anniversary at Gun Park today. Speaking on the occasion, Ponnala said that the Congress party will install Jayashankar’s statue in Hyderabad in case the TRS government failed to do the same. Ponnala asked KCR to erect Jayashankar’s statue at Martyrs Smruthi Vanam along with all Telangana martyrs. He informed that the Congress party will include these issues in election manifesto itself. (NSS)