Revolutionary writers’ association Virasam and several other organisations are boycotting the World Telugu Conference, terming it a cruel joke on the people of the state struggling with several problems due to anti-people policies of the government.
“Such programmes are tools used by the ruling class to divert the attention of people,” Virasam leader Varavara Rao told Express.
Virasam will confront President Pranab Mukheerji during the WTC inaugural with the Telangana issue. “The one who was to submit a report on Telangana to the President, has now become the President himself. What he will do now will be questioned. We will be present in Tirupati to boycott the conference,” he said.
Meanwhile, Tirupati MLA Bhumana Karunakar Reddy criticised the government for conducting the conference, but failing to implement Telugu as the official language.