Hyderabad: Deccan Chronicle and Andhra Bhoomi were the two newspapers that pro-Telangana activists followed during the 1969 statehood agitation, home minister Naini Narasimha Reddy said. Speaking at a meeting organised by the 1969 Telangana Udyamakarula Sangham in Mahbubnagar, Mr Reddy said that those memories were fresh in his mind.
“People used to form queues in Hyderabad to obtain copies of DC and Andhra Bhoomi. Both these papers gave ample coverage of the agitation and people in Telangana districts depended on these papers as well as radio at that time,” the minister recalled.
Commenting on TJAC chairman Prof. M. Kodandaram’s arrest on Saturday, he said the police had information that Maoists were supporting his activities. He said he had given directions to the police not to allow Prof. Kodandaram to tour the districts.
