The Chief Minister of the state of Andhra Pradesh has voiced out his grief over the loss of Doyen of Telugu literature, C. Narayana Reddy.

He tweeted out saying “Saddened to hear about the demise of Dr. Cingireddy Narayana Reddy. My prayers are with his loved ones.”

The tweet was almost immediately retweeted about 428 times and many people replied to the tweet saying “RIP CNR” and on similar notes.

The news of the writer`s demise came as a shock to many and people quickly voiced out their condolences and wished love to the writer`s family members.

This move of the AP's CM, came as an interesting way to set things on fire for haters as they took the situation to raise controversy.

“K.C.R, T. Subbirami Reddy and Pawan Kalyan made public statements but YOU tweet? That`s it? No respect for writers!” tweeted out a person.

Do you agree with n. Chandra Babu`s decision to tweet out his sympathy or should he have made a statement to sound more formal?

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Saddened to hear about the demise of Dr. Cingireddy Narayana Reddy. My prayers are with his loved ones.

— N Chandrababu Naidu (@ncbn) June 12, 2017