Hyderabad:
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) supporters and other pro-Telangana groups have converted their Chalo Assembly rally into a victory march on Thursday.
The government had put thousands of security personnel on guard for the planned rally, which originally asked supporters of a Telangana state to surround the Andhra Assembly.
Home Minister P Chidambaram announced the Centre's green light for a separate state on Wednesday at midnight. Within half an hour, TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao ended his 11-day hunger strike.
The resolution for a separate state will now be moved in the Andhra assembly.
The TRS has welcomed the Centre's announcement as a good "first step". However, it has warned that Hyderabad will have to be a part of the new state.