The Southern Action on Genetic Engineering, a forum fighting against introduction of genetically modified or genetically engineered food crops in the region, has requested Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy to make Andhra Pradesh a GM-free State by banning trials and cultivation of GE food crops. In a letter to the Chief Minister, convener of SAGE P.V. Satheesh said that Kerala government had brought in such a legislation last year to make the State GM-free.