Biography:Gaddar
Template:Infobox Indian politician Gummadi Vittal Rao (born 1949), popularly known as Gaddar, is an Indian poet, revolutionary balladeer, activist and a former naxalite. Gaddar was active in the Naxalite movement till 2010, and later joined the movement for Telangana's statehood.
Early life
Gaddar went underground in the 1980s and became a member of Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War. He was part of its cultural wing and performed in from of the crowds. He has a bullet in spine as a result of a failed assassination in 1997.[1]
After being active in the Naxal movement till 2010, Gaddar later identified himself as an Ambedkarite.[2] He adopted the name Gaddar as a tribute to the pre-independence Gadar party which opposed British colonial rule in Punjab during the 1910s.
Telangana movement
With the resurgence of Telangana movement, Gadar expressed his support for the cause of a separate Telangana state and those people who were advocating it with the intention of uplifting the lower castes, particularly dalits and also backward castes. He said he was strongly with those who are for a Telangana of social justice where Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes have political representation on par with the OCs and BCs of the state. He expressed his solidarity with Devender Goud's NTPP (Nava Telangana Praja Party) in spite of being shot at by the police during Goud's term as AP Home Minister.[3][4][5]
Awards
Nandi Awards:
- 2011 - Nandi Award for Best Male Playback Singer for Jai Bolo Telangana
See also
- Telangana Praja Front
References
- ↑ "Rebel balladeer Gaddar backs Congress". https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/rebel-balladeer-gaddar-backs-congress/cid/1671726.
- ↑ Swamy, Rohini (2018-12-04). "In Telangana, Naxal poet Gaddar embraces the ballot & old foes to fight 'fundamentalists'" (in en-US). https://theprint.in/politics/in-telangana-naxal-poet-gaddar-embraces-the-ballot-old-foes-to-fight-fundamentalists/157909/.
- ↑ "Fight forces opposing separate Telangana, says Gadar". The Hindu. 18 January 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-03-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20080327140143/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2008/01/18/stories/2008011851710300.htm.
- ↑ "Telangana minus Hyderabad unimaginable: Gadar". The Hindu. 20 January 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-01-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20080123101121/http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/20/stories/2008012058190600.htm.
- ↑ "Smaller States viable, say leaders". The Hindu. 5 February 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-02-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20080209113137/http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/05/stories/2008020558860400.htm.
External links
- Gaddar asked to people part in Mission Kakatiya
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120131021928/http://www.newswala.com/Hyderabad-News/Amalapurams-arrests-an-eye-wash-alleges-Gadar-8629.html
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