CM Kiran Kumar Reddy, who has promised to revive various cultural academies during the World Telugu Conventions held at Tirupati few months ago has ordered for the same on the eve of Ugadi festival. CM Kiran Kumar Reddy has described reviving the Academies as Ugadi gift to the Telugu people.

Music, Literary, Dance, Drama and several other academies were winded-up during late NTR’s regime as they all failed to serve its purpose. Ever since, the Central Academy also has stopped granting any funds to these academies as they were no more in existence. Narla Venkateswara rao committee which was formed during NTR’s regime to study the necessity of continuing the academies has recommended to wind-up all the committees, as all of they have failed to serve its purpose due to several reasons and underlines that they have turned into political employment centers. Hence, late NTR has abolished all the academies and created Telugu Vijnana Peetham in year 1983, which was intended to put efforts for the development of Telugu language, culture and arts etc. But, it also fails to serve its purpose due to political leaders’ involvement.

The same is expected to repeat even now as there are several political leaders in the race to take charge of these upcoming academies. Many of them have begun lobbying, soon after the CM has formally agreed to revive the academies during World Telugu Conventions held at Tirupati. Hence, in wake of upcoming elections these academies may be intended to provide employment to political unemployed and to the 2nd and 3rd rank political leaders and may not serve its purpose.