KCR's three-day celebration of Telangana National Integration Day, began yesterday
Hyderabad today celebrated the state's 'integration' to the Indian Union or 'liberation' from the rule of the Nizam. While Chief Minister KCR observed 'Telangana National Integration Day', a few kilometers away Union Home Minister Amit Shah celebrated the same historical event but under a slightly different name: 'Hyderabad Liberation Day'.
KCR's three-day celebration of Telangana National Integration Day, which began yesterday with rallies being taken out by students, women and youth groups in constituency headquarters, will include him unfurling the national flag at the Central Lawns in Nampally's Public Gardens today. Simultaneously, ministers will also unfurl the national flag and take salute at all district headquarters.
On the other hand, Amit Shah's day-long visit for 'Hyderabad Liberation Day included floral tributes to Sardar Vallabhai Patel, the first Home Minister of India who had unfurled the national flag after Hyderabad acceded to India.
Here are the updates on Hyderabad Liberation Day:
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Telangana today celebrated, depending on one's political persuasion, the state's 'integration' to the Indian Union or 'liberation' from the rule of the Nizam. While Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao or KCR celebrated 'Telangana National Integration Day', a few kilometers away Union Home Minister Amit Shah celebrated the same historical event but under a very different name: 'Hyderabad Liberation Day'.
Read here. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao ('KCR') today accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of "doing divisive politics" at a rally in Hyderabad, countering the BJP in a rally-versus-rally battle to mark the annexation of erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad by India in 1948.
Read here.KCR: Amit Shah came to Telangana to 'do divisive politics'
'Hyderabad Liberation Day' not celebrated officially so far due to vote bank politics: Amit Shah
In a veiled attack on the ruling TRS, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said it is unfortunate that the 'Hyderabad Liberation Day' has not been celebrated officially all these years in Telangana due to "vote bank politics" despite some leaders promising to do so.
He said he would like to congratulate Prime Minister Narendra Modi for deciding to commemorate the day.
KCR unfurls tricolour on 'Telangana National Integration Day'
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday unfurled the national flag on Telangana Jateeya Samaikyata Dinotsavam (Telangana National Integration Day) here, to mark 75 years of Hyderabad's annexation to the Indian union.
Rao unfurled the tricolour few minutes after Union Minister Amit Shah hoisted the flag at parade grounds marking the celebrations of 'Hyderabad Liberation Day' elsewhere in the city.
For Hyderabad Landmark, It's Chief Minister KCR vs Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will both unfurl the national flag in Hyderabad on Saturday in separate "September 17" celebrations, in what is building up to be a day of intense and competitive political activity in the state.
The Centre will, for the first time, celebrate September 17 as "Hyderabad Liberation Day". The former Hyderabad State under the Nizam merged with the Indian Union on this day, more than a year after India's Independence.