Jaipal Reddy fondly remembered

Update: 2019-08-06 05:50 IST
Senior journalist J V Lakshman Rao (centre), roommate of the late S Jaipal Reddy along with Prof Ch Gopal Reddy, Registrar, Osmania University (left) and eminent columnist Mohan Guruswamy (right), speaking at the condolence meeting in honour of Jaipal Reddy in Hyderabad on Monday

Hyderabad: Several speakers condoled the death of Congress senior leader and former Union Minister S Jaipal Reddy and lauded his contribution to the country.

Participating in a condolence meeting organised by the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Osmania University, in honour of Jaipal Reddy, who belonged to the 1964-1965 Bachelor of Journalism batch, Mohan Guruswamy, eminent columnist and a student leader then, fondly remembered Jaipal Reddy. He said Jaipal Reddy was like a teacher and a guru to him.

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Senior journalist J V Lakshman Rao said Jaipal Reddy said the departed Congress leader had inspired him. "His speeches were so impressive that we used to compare his speeches with those of the Vice-Chancellor.

He followed American politics very keenly and stated that we need to learn from the US as it met with success."

K Ramchandra Murthy, former Editorial Director of Sakshi Group, recalled: "when the Andhra Pradesh bifurcation bill was being debated in Rajya Sabha on the last day of three sessions, I was at residence of Jaipal Reddy in Delhi, along with other friends. I am privy to the information that he was instrumental in getting the Bill passed in the Lok Sabha through his wide contacts.

Professor K Nageshwar said Jaipal Reddy had traits of a true journalist and was an eloquent speaker. Listening to him would be a feast of knowledge, he said and added that "whenever he called me, I used to listen to him more and speak less.

We had lengthy discussions from politics to demonetisation." Professor Ch Gopal Reddy, Registrar, Osmania University and Professor K Stevenson, Head, Department of Journalism and Mass communication were also present. 

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