Telangana leaders comment on NTR name for RGIA terminal

The Union civil aviation ministry's directive to the GMR Hyderabad International Authority to name the domestic terminal at the Rajiv Gandhi Internaitonal Airport in Shamshabad after NTR has not gone doen well with the Telangana leaders.

The issue sparked a debate and disrupted the Assembly sessions in Telangana on Friday. Take a look at the reactions of leaders...

Congress MLCs Shabbir Ali and D Srinivas felt that renaming it would be an insult to late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao slammed the Centre's decision saying it was not right to give the name of an Andhra leader to a structure in Telangana! He instead suggested the name of former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao

YSR Congress party floor leader Thati Venkateshwarulu demanded that RGIA terminal be named after Komaram Bheem

Congress party MLA DK Aruna slammed the Centre's decision to give NTR's name to a terminal at Shamshabad airport in Hyderabad. She was it was not right to do so and they were free to name any airport built in Andhra Pradesh after NTR