Hyderabad, March 17 -- Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, has strongly opposed the Telangana government's decision to rename the Potti Sriramulu Telugu University after Suravaram Pratap Reddy.

Sanjay claimed that this move would be an insult to Potti Sriramulu, a revered freedom fighter and Gandhian who sacrificed his life for the formation of Andhra State.

Sanjay expressed his respect for Suravaram Pratap Reddy's contributions to the Telugu language but emphasized that removing Potti Sriramulu's name from the university would be inappropriate.

He made these remarks after paying tribute to Potti Sreeramulu's statue on his birth anniversary in Karimnagar.

The minister questioned the government's courage, aski...