Chandrababu Naidu vows to realise NTR's dream of a poverty-free society
TDP national president and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, party national general secretary and HRD Minister N. Lokesh, and Union Ministers K. Rammohan Naidu and Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar were among a host of leaders who paid rich tributes to former Chief Minster and party founder Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR) on the occasion of his 102nd birth anniversary, at the party's political conclave, Mahanadu, here on Wednesday.
On the occasion, Mr. Naidu described NTR as a transformational leader, who had declared that rulers were not masters but servants of the public, and should work with that spirit.
Calling 'NTR Jayanthi' a festival for all Telugu people, Mr. Naidu vowed to realise his dream of a poverty-free society.
Stating that NTR became a towering personality in politics from his humble beginning as a government employee, Mr. Naidu said he was not merely a leader of the masses but a historic phenomenon himself. No other individual had reigned supreme in two domains (cinema and politics) as NTR did in his eventual life, Mr. Naidu observed.
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