Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan and Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today paid floral tributes to Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of his birth anniversary at Bapu Ghat here.
They participated in an all religion prayer as part of Gandhi Jayanti.
Ministers, MLAs and Congress leaders were among those present on the occasion.
During another event, Kiran Kumar Reddy and AP Assembly Speaker N Manohar and others offered floral tributes
at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the Assembly premises.
Earlier, a group of pro-Telangana activists tried to hold protests at Langer Houz while the chief minister was on
his way to Bapu Ghat even as police took them into preventive custody.
The protesters held placards and raised slogans like ‘CM-down down’ and in support of Telangana as police
immediately picked them and took them away.
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