The farmer from Guntur was tortured to death by the Guntur police for refusing to give his land at Kodaveedu in Guntur district to make a temporary helipad for Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu
Shah accused Naidu of spreading false propaganda and joining hands with a party (Congress) which had dismissed his father-in-law N T Rama Rao, the founder of TDP.
The resolution demanding reservations for Dalit Christians appears to be little more than appeasement tactics by one of the new darlings of the 'Secular establishment' ahead of the General Elections later this year. The resolution, however, is nonbinding on the Centre.