By SNV Sudhir
The minister attended the unveiling of the “Crescent Cricket
Cup”, the trophy for the celebrity match, in Hyderabad on Saturday night. He was the chief guest at the programme that
was attended by Tollywood bigwigs like Nagarajuna and a good number of
heroines.
The celebrity cricket match will be played between Tollywood
and Bollywood teams, led by Srikant and
Suniel Shetty respectively. The match will be played in a 10 over format and
the organizers made it a free entry for all. Organisers earlier held similar
celebrity cricket matches at Anantapur in 2011 and Hyderabad last year.
The minister, a few
days back, openly opposed conducting the match when tempers were very high in
the backdrop of ongoing agitation for Samaikyandhra after the union government
decided to divide Andhra Pradesh. He said people are not in a mood to enjoy the
match or celebrate. However, the day after his remarks many Samaikyandgra JACs
came in support of the match and felt it would enhance the image of Vizag at
global level.
Rao also asked the ODI organizers BCCI and ACC to either
postpone the match to some other day or shift the venue. On Sunday, more than
half a a dozen student outfits affiliated to various political parties held a
meeting and pledged their support on conducting the match. Representatives from
AISF, SFI, TNSF, BJYM and Loksatta took part in the meeting. “This exposes his
(Ganta) double standard attitude. The minister opposes ODI and lends his
support openly for a star match. What kind of message is he sending? We condemn
his attitude,” said Samaikyandhta student JAC state convenor, Adari Kishore.
Meanwhile, Telugu Shakthi, a voluntary organization
conducted a signature campaign on the beach road in support of the match.
Public in large numbers signed in support of the match.
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