MVVS Murty’s remark on Andhra University triggers row

Thursday, May 25, 2017 
Visakhapatnam

Taking a exception on the TDP MLC MVVS Murty’s comment on Andhra university, leaders of YSRCP staged a dharna on the campus and burnt his effigy.

Murty reportedly said that Andhra University was a ghost campus and it would gain international and national importance because of TDP’s decision to host Mahanadu on the campus. Speaking at the dharna, YSRCP district president Gudivada Amarnath said much a comment from Dr.Murty, an educationalist, himself was deplorable.

The 90-year-old university has a rich heritage. This is where eminent persons like C.R. Reddy and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan had held the office of the Vice-Chancellor and renowned professors such as Mahadevan and Humayan Kabir had taught, he said.

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AU teaching and non-teaching staff association, AU Cooperative Building Societies have formed a JAC and demanded an unconditional apology within 24 hours else has to face the agitation will be taken ahead. Professors Jaladi Ravi, Koti Reddy and Ravi Kumar expressed their anger by calling up a media conference. They demanded Murty to resign the MLC post and return the doctorate conferred by the university.

Ministers Ganta Srinivasa Rao, MLAs Peela Govinda Satyanarayana, Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar, Palla Srinivas condemned the comments of Murty. Ganta said that Murty is not supposed to comment like that.