more-inVIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh got a raw deal yet again in the Padma Awards. While seven people from Telangana got Padma Sri Award, Vijayawada-based educationist and founder of the Montessori group of institutions V. Koteswaramma was the sole saving grace for Andhra Pradesh. In 2016 people in Andhra Pradesh were ecstatic because the highest Padma Award, the Padma Vibhushan was conferred on media baron Ch. But sportspersons from Hyderabad in Telangana, including Saina Nehwal and Sania Mirza, walked away with more Padma Sri awards last year. The “discrimination” between the two Telugu states has raised eyebrows in several quarters in Andhra Pradesh.

Source: The Hindu January 25, 2017 19:30 UTC