Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has asked all sections of people, particularly the intellectuals, to raise their voice against the goings on in the country, including the attempts being made to divide society.
Paying tributes to father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversary, he alleged that the two protectors of the country “jawan (soldier) and kisan (farmer)”, were being put to hardships. Soldiers were being denied benefits in the name of Agnipath and the Central government was not ensuring remunerative price to the produce of farmers.
Speaking after unveiling a 16-foot-tall statue of Gandhi in meditation posture on the premises of Gandhi General Hospital in Secunderabad here on Sunday, the Chief Minister remarked that some political dwarfs in the country were trying to paint themselves larger than Gandhi and said they could never emulate his principles and ideals or become like Mahatma Gandhi.
