Modi, like Krishna, should bring riches to state, says Andhra Pradesh MP

New Delhi: A day after teary-eyed Chief Justice of India made an emotional appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for more judges, here’s another innovative appeal-role play by an Andhra Pradesh legislator.

In an effort to get special status for his state, actor-turned-politician Dr N Shiva Prasad from the ruling TDP, on Monday sat under a tree outside the Parliament dressed in the get-up of mythological character Sudhama, with a cut-out of Narendra Modi adorned with a peacock feather, impersonating Hindu God Krishna.

"Sudama was Lord Krishna's classmate. He was poor and when Krishna became the ruler of Dwarka, he hoped to get some help from the Lord and approached him. Lord Krishna didn't offer any help. But when Sudama returned, his home had turned into a palace and held much wealth," the Andhra Pradesh legislator from Chittoor told an English news channel. "Ours is a poor, revenue deficit state and Modi is our Krishna. He can change lives," Dr Shiva Prasad added.

Explaining the rationale behind his bizarre strategy, the MP who was dressed in a traditional Brahmin’s dress complete with prayer beads and a saffron scarf, said, “I am a theatre artist and I know how to play characters.”

The ruling TDP in the state has been demanding benefits of special status for Andhra Pradesh to mitigate the loss that the state has suffered following the formation of Telangana because of alleged inequity in division of resources.