T-House adopts resolution over naming of Hyd airport after NTR

The Telangana Legislative Assembly today adopted a resolution requesting the Centre to "continue status quo" and reconsider its decision to restore name of late Chief Minister N T Rama Rao to the domestic terminal at Hyderabad International Airport.
The Telugu Desam Party opposed the resolution while the Bharatiya Janata Party raised a protest for not considering certain changes it had proposed in the resolution.
The issue rocked the Assembly today after the main opposition Congress raised it through an adjournment motion as soon as the day's proceedings began.
"Restoring N T Rama Rao's name to the domestic terminal symbolises the continuing dominance of Seemaandhra people over Telangana. NTR's name should be removed and Rajiv Gandhi's name continued for the airport," Congress senior member T Jeevan Reddy said.

Responding to it, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said it was a "sensitive issue" and the Centre's "unilateral action" was an insult to Telangana.
"If they (Centre) had to rename (the domestic terminal), they should have considered the name of a Telangana person. Should not the Centre recognise us ? They could have named it after late Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao who was a son of the soil," the Chief Minister remarked.

He wanted Speaker S Madhusudanachari to call a meeting of floor leaders of all parties to decide the course of action and, accordingly, the House was adjourned for ten minutes.

When it reassembled after more than two hours, the Chief Minister proposed to move a resolution on the issue but the TDP raised an objection.
However, all other parties favoured the resolution and the Chief Minister moved it.
The resolution said, "The Telangana Legislative Assembly expresses its displeasure over the naming of domestic terminal after NTR by dividing the existing Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Hyderabad."
It said, "The Assembly objects to the manner in which the Central government took the decision without even consulting the Telangana state government.
"The Assembly resolves requesting the Central government to reconsider its decision and continue status quo," it said.