Lokesh: Global Fortune 500 companies recognise value of CBN Brand in AP

Atlanta, US: “During my week-long visit to the United States, all the globally renowned companies gave a red-carpet welcome to me immediately after mentioning the name of chief minister Chandrababu Naidu; that is the brand image of CBN,” the minister for IT and Electronics, Nara Lokesh, has said here.

The entire world is looking towards Andhra Pradesh only because of Chandrababu Naidu, Lokesh noted.

“I could get the TCS unit to the State only after a 90-minute discussion with the company chairman, Chandrasekharan, because of CBN. Also, I got the appointment of the Microsoft chief executive officer (CEO), Satya Nadella, with just a mail,” Lokesh said while unveiling the statue of the TDP founder and former chief minister, the late NT Rama Rao in Atlanta in the United States organised by the NTR Trust.

Fortune 500 companies

Stating that he had got a red carpet welcome by all the reputed companies during his week-long tour to the US immediately after mentioning the name of Chandrababu, the IT minister said that with the CBN brand, he has asked Fortune 500 companies to invest in the State. In fact, the whole country is looking towards Andhra Pradesh with much anxiety about what sort of reforms will be brought in by the State Government, he remarked.

The Telugu people across the globe are now getting so much respect only because of the late NTR who brought the party to power within nine months of its launching, he said. The late NTR is a synonym for strict discipline and commitment and the very word ‘self-respect’ immediately reminds the name of the celebrity NTR, Lokesh said.

Remembering NTR

It was NTR who introduced welfare to the whole country, the IT minister said and promised to take forward the TDP with his aspirations.

Maintaining that Chandrababu was sent to jail by the previous government for no fault of his, he recalled that the entire Telugu community, including the Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), came onto the road strongly protesting his arrest. “The support that you have all given at that time has reposed strong faith in all of us to fight against a psycho,” Lokesh remarked.

Lokesh praises Telugu NRIs

Terming the NRIs as MRIs (The Most Reliable Indians), Nara Lokesh felt that though all the NRIs live in the United States their affection is only towards India and Andhra Pradesh as they always wish that the State should prosper. Recalling that the NRIs came to the State to exercise their franchise by spending a whooping Rs 2 lakhs each, he said that some of them remained in the State for almost a year to extend their services to the people.