 The newspaper was shut down for a few months in order to protest the British Government's attempt to impose censorship on the press.The "Andhra Prabha" was also banned from the State of Mysore and the State of Hyderabad because it opposed the feudal nature of these regimes.Narla later tendered his resignation when he had a falling out with Ramnath Goenka over his sympathy with the workers in the press which resulted in a strike in Chennai.