Writer and former Chairperson of Andhra Pradesh Hindi Academy Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad has again raised the pitch for conferment of Bharat Ratna on Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founder Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, saying that the latter had paved the way for alternative politics at the national level.
Mr. Lakshmi Prasad has written a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the achievements of N.T. Rama Rao.
“NTR’s efforts in administrative reforms, women’s empowerment, national politics are invaluable,” he said, adding that by defeating the Congress within nine months of founding the TDP in 1983, the leader had given a major boost to ‘alternative politics’ in the country.
