Garikipati Narasimha Rao Relents, Apologies To Viswabrahmins Over 2006 Comment

BHEEMAVARAM: Padma Shri awardee (2022) and popular ‘Pravachana kartha’ Garikapati Narasimha Rao was forced to apologize to the Viswabrahmin community particularly the goldsmiths in concern, for making comments about them in an old discourse video.

As per reports Garikapati Narasimha Rao who was in Bheemavaram, West Godavari district on Friday for a program, faced the ire of the gold smiths associations there. On Friday, the Viswabrahmins held a rally in Bheemavaram and staged protests in front of the Jangareddygudem police station. They complained to the police that Garikapati had to apologize to them. The jewelers took to the road and staged protests and warned that there would be district-wide agitations if he did not come forward and apologize. The police reached Prakasam Chowk and tried to pacify them but they staged a sit-in there. Later Garikapati finally relented, came forward and held talks with the leaders of the Viswabrahmin community there and publicly apologized to them if he had spoken wrongly about them.

Garikapati Narasimha Rao had participated in a TV program in the year 2006 by a leading channel. He allegedly made some deprecating remarks about the Viswabrahmins engaged in the goldsmith profession during this program. Since then they were demanding an apology from him to take back those remarks and apologize.