Hyderabad: V Hanumantha Rao holds silent protest

Hyderabad: Protesting against Khadi Corporation replacing Mahatma Gandhi’s photo with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in their calenders, senior Congress leader V. Hanumantha Rao on Sunday staged a sit-in protest at the Mahatma Gandhi statue at Congress party headquarters Gandhi Bhavan.

Mr Rao accused the Centre of insulting the Father of the Nation time and again. He demanded Mr Modi to tender an apology to the nation on this episode and demanded Khadi Corp to print fresh calendars carrying Gandhi’s pho-to. Former PCC chief Ponnala Laxmaiah and MLC Ponguleti Sudhakara Reddy joined Mr Rao to express their solidarity.