The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded from the Andhra Pradesh government to rename the Jinnah Tower Centre in Guntur after former President APJ Abdul Kalam.
A week after Hindu Vahini members were detained for attempting to unfurl the Indian flag at Jinnah Centre in Andhra’s Guntur, a YSRCP MLA organised an effort to paint the tower in the colours of the National Flag. Here’s a recap of the entire political showdown surrounding the Jinnah tower.
Y Satya Kumar, BJP national secretary, tweeted that the area is named after Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah and should be renamed after Dr APJ Abdul Kalam or Telugu poet Gurram Jashuva.