BRS says no to Rajiv’s statue near TG Sectt

Hyderabad: Opposing the government’s plans to install Rajiv Gandhi statue in front of the Secretariat, the BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Monday said the BRS after coming into power will remove the statue and also rename the international airport.

Talking to the media, the BRS leader opposed the government's move to install the statue of former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi opposite the Secretariat. Rama Rao said that the BRS government had planned to install the statue of Telangana Talli in that place. What role did Rajiv Gandhi play in Telangana, he asked.

"We will definitely remove the statue and relocate it to a different place after consulting with the Congress leaders and place the Telangana Talli statue there," said KTR. The BRS leader further said that the BRS government would also rename the international airport at Shamshabad. He said that every state will name the airport based on the personality of that region. The airport at Mumbai is named after Chhatrapati Shivaji. Similarly, the airport will be named after a Telangana personality.