Venkaiah Naidu the Vice President who was in Vijayawada met the farming community who are protesting in Amaravathi. Venkaiah said that he cannot make any political statement or commit something to the farmers.
He took the memorandum from the farmers who have given lands to the capital Amaravathi and said that he would add his opinion and give it to the relevant people.
earlier he made a statement that decentralisation of development is a good thing. He also made it clear that he was not talking about the present controversy on the capital city.
Today he held a seminar on Telugu poems in Vijaywada and stressed on the mother tongue usage that is Telugu. The Government must encourage Telugu he stressed in the meeting.
He also added that learning other languages is also good and one can learn foreign languages also provided we are good with the mother tongue that is Telugu.
The sky is the limit one can learn as many languages they can he said. He reminded of the singing of poems by Ghangasala and others in the Telugu states. He talked about Sarathchandra.
Dont make language issue a controversy Venkaiah suggested.The program was organised under Swarnabharati Trust.
