GUNTUR: Education minister Adimulapu Suresh has promised to discuss the issue of naming of a district after Dalit poet and Padma Bhushan Gurram Jashuva with chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, who is scheduled to lay the foundation stone for construction of Jashuva Kalapeetham soon.
“The government will construct a modern convention-cum-study centre at Jashuva Kalapeetham. Jashuva was a courageous teacher and poet and fought against caste discrimination. He made upper caste writers accept his authority over Telugu poetry with his immense knowledge which helped several children from Dalit families walk in his footsteps,” the minister said.
“We are following the footsteps of Jashuva to empower children from downtrodden classes by providing the best infrastructure in public education,” Suresh added.
