'We are in Andhra Pradesh or Pakistan?': BJP demands renaming of 'Jinnah Tower' in Guntur
2 years, 7 months ago

'We are in Andhra Pradesh or Pakistan?': BJP demands renaming of 'Jinnah Tower' in Guntur

India TV News  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has demanded from the Andhra Pradesh government to rename the Jinnah Tower Centre in Guntur after former President APJ Abdul Kalam. Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP GVL Narasimha Rao condemned the high-handed behaviour of the police and wondered "if we are in AP or Pakistan". "We strongly condemn high handed behaviour & detention, arrest of our state co-incharge and national secretary Sunil Deodhar, national secretary Satya Kumar and hundreds of @BJP4Andhra cadres for seeking naming of Jinnah tower as Abdul Kalam Tower. BJP's Andhra Pradesh unit chief Somu Veerraju said that people want the tower to be renamed.

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Jinnah Tower in Guntur Painted Tricolor by YSRCP Govt Amid BJP's Demands to Rename It
2 years, 10 months ago

Jinnah Tower in Guntur Painted Tricolor by YSRCP Govt Amid BJP's Demands to Rename It

News 18  

The Jinnah Tower in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur district was painted in tri-color on Wednesday by the ruling YSRCP government amid growing demands from the BJP to rename the pre-independence era monument. Meanwhile BJP Leader Vishnu Vardhan Reddy said YSRCP govt is trying to paint their sins after the Jan 26 violence, and reiterated that the party remains firm that the …

Tricolour at Jinnah tower: Controversy in Andhra's Guntur
2 years, 10 months ago

Tricolour at Jinnah tower: Controversy in Andhra's Guntur

India Today  

On Tuesday, February 1, the Jinnah tower in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur got a coat of tricolour. BJP, YSRCP LOCK HORNS OVER JINNAH TOWER On December 30, 2021, BJP National secretary Y Satya Kumar shared a tweet calling for the renaming of Jinnah Tower Centre in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. BJP leader Vishnuvardhan Reddy even threatened the Andhra government to rename the …

Jinnah tower on MG road in Andhra's Guntur painted in tricolour by MLA Mohammad Mustafa
2 years, 10 months ago

Jinnah tower on MG road in Andhra's Guntur painted in tricolour by MLA Mohammad Mustafa

India Today  

The Jinnah tower located in Mahatma Gandhi Road in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur got a coat of tricolour on Tuesday, February 1. This comes a week after police detained Hindu Vahini activists for wanting to hoist the national flag atop Jinnah Tower on Republic Day. Andhra Pradesh: Guntur's Jinnah Tower, on which Hindu Vahini activists tried to unfurl the national flag …

Andhra Pradesh: Days after controversy over name, Guntur's Jinnah Tower painted in Tricolour
2 years, 10 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Days after controversy over name, Guntur's Jinnah Tower painted in Tricolour

India TV News  

Highlights A pole would also be constructed to hoist the national flag near the tower On the request of various groups, it was decided to decorate the tower with the tricolour The Andhra Pradesh unit of BJP had earlier submitted a memorandum to rename the Jinnah Tower Days after a controversy arose over the name of Jinnah Tower in Andhra …

Parties come together to unfurl tricolour atop Guntur's Jinnah tower week after Hindu Vahini's attempt
2 years, 10 months ago

Parties come together to unfurl tricolour atop Guntur's Jinnah tower week after Hindu Vahini's attempt

India Today  

On January 26, police detained a few Hindu Vahini activists who wanted to hoist the national flag atop the Jinnah Tower, a prominent and iconic structure of Guntur city. Considering appeals from various groups, Guntur Municipal Corporation Mayor, Kavati Manohar Naidu, said that the necessary arrangements will be made to hoist the National flag near Jinnah Tower. ANDHRA BJP ASKS …

BJP\'s demand of renaming Guntur\'s Jinnah tower: YSRCP alleges \'communal\' instigation
2 years, 10 months ago

BJP\'s demand of renaming Guntur\'s Jinnah tower: YSRCP alleges \'communal\' instigation

Deccan Chronicle  

Guntur: A fresh political controversy erupted on Wednesday when a group of people stormed into Jinnah Tower at Andhra's Guntur district on the occasion of 73rd Republic Day to unfurl the tricolour after which they were detained. The BJP has been demanding to rename the tower after the name of former president Abdul Kalam, however, MLC Appi Reddy accused the …

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