Hyderabad, July 10 -- Social and cultural activists in Telangana have thrown their weight behind a proposal to set up a tribal art museum, Aadhya Kala, inside the Nampally campus of Suravaram Pratapa Reddy Telugu University, amid an ongoing standoff with a section of students and faculty over the plan.

Activist Vimalakka of Arunodaya Samakhya, MLC Goreti Venkanna, S Jeevan Kumar of the Human Rights Forum and others held a round table meeting at the Sundarayya Vignana Kendram in Baghlingampalli on Friday, July 10, demanding that the state government implement a recently issued order to set up the museum on the ground floor of the university.

Museum project driven by Prof Jayadheer Tirumala Rao

The museum is being spearheaded by Professo...