It all started after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy claimed that the Telugu flag is flying high after RRR‘s Naatu Naatu song won the Golden Globe Awards. Singer Adnan Sami reacted sharply to the tweet. He stated that “Telugu flag? You mean the INDIAN flag right? We are Indians first & so kindly stop separating yourself from the rest of the country…Especially internationally, we are one country! This ‘separatist’ attitude is highly unhealthy as we saw in 1947!!! Thank you…Jai HIND!
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This tweet created a rage on social media. While some have supported it, Telugu people have claimed what’s wrong with it. Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Gudivada Amarnath replied to the tweet stating that nothing is wrong with the statement.
He tweeted, “We are proud of our language, our culture and our identity. And I proclaim again, WE ARE TELUGU. @AdnanSamiLive, you are no one to pass judgement on our patriotism. My pride in being Telugu does not take away from my identity as an Indian.”
We are proud of our language, our culture and our identity.
And I proclaim again, WE ARE TELUGU. @AdnanSamiLive, you are no one to pass judgement on our patriotism.
My pride in being Telugu does not take away from my identity as an Indian. https://t.co/Z6ldHw94hh
— Gudivada Amarnath (@gudivadaamar) January 11, 2023
