He did not oppose for the sake of Indian independence, rather for his own survival after he is not a favourite among the majority of the population. The songs written about kings and Zamindhars are by the begging poets who pledge tamil for their livlihood cannot be taken seriously. If he is a real hero of the masses, why only naidu s in that region worship him.(with some of their rusted weapons) That too very few of them in numbers. He is a Telugu and he is a Hero of telugus only accept the reality and we have many heros of Tamil orgin and give them the due respect. Don't belive the fake tamil's claim and get carried away.