Andhra Pradesh TDP MP TG Venkatesh on Sunday said that writer and social scientist Kancha Ilaiah was a 'traitor' who deserved to be 'hanged' in public.

“Anyone who makes comments that cause a threat to internal security are even shot on the road," he was quoted as saying.

Arya Vysya organisations have been holding protests in parts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and burning the writer's effigies, seeking a ban on his book, "Samajika Smugglurlu Komatollu (Komatollu are social smugglers)".

The Rajya Sabha MP is an Arya Vysya himself, and is a leader of the community in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra.

Participating in a round table conference organised by the Arya Vysya Mahasabha in Hyderabad, Venkatesh said that he would file cases against Kancha, bring the issue to the Prime Minister's notice, and even raise it in Parliament.