PM appreciative of bi-lingual textbooks: Pradhan

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in his address, said that he was happy to participate in the foundation stone laying ceremony for the tribal university on a land where Telugu revolutionary and freedom fighter Alluri Sitrarama Raju fought against the British for independence. He said he was hopeful of the University growing into a prime centre of sports, skills, and emerging technologies helping the tribal students of Odisha and Chattisgarh apart from Andhra Pradesh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the introduction of bilingual textbooks for school students in Andhra Pradesh, he said. Deputy Chief Ministers P Rajanna Dora (Tribal Welfare), B Mutyyala Naidu (PR & and RD), Education Minister B Satyanarayana, Deputy Speaker K Veerabhadra Swamy, BJP MP GVL Narasimha Rao, Kurupam MLA Pushpa Sri Vani were among those who participated in the event.