Hyderabad: As usual, the Holi festival was celebrated at NTR trust bhavan here on a grand scale on Wednesday. TDP national president and AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu along with his party colleagues also participated in the revelry. He also extended greetings to the Telugu people on the occasion.
On the occasion, Chandrababu Naidu beat drums and danced with banjara women chanting holi re holi and so on. Addressing the gathering later, Naidu said the Holi is the only festival in which people of all castes, religions, regions, poor and rich and children and elders participate in the revelry. The message of the festival indicates there should be no rich-poor gap, he said and hoped the poverty would be eradicated and economic inequalities are minimized.
The TDP supremo also interacted with his Telangana party leaders and enquired about their well-being. Several party men submitted memoranda to the AP Chief Minister. Telangana TDP vice-president Lakshman Naik Ramawat, Ramesh Rathod, Lalu Naik, Babu Rao Naik and others participated in the celebrations. Lakshman Naik Ramawat said the Holi festival was being celebrated at NTR Bhavan since the last 17 years and Chandrababu Naidu has been participating in festival regularly. He said Chandrababu Naidu has special love for Banjaras from the beginning and gave them utmost respect. Naidu was the first leader, who organized Banjaras God Sevalal Maharaj Jayanthi celebration in the party office.
Telangana TDP leaders Revanth Reddy, Peddireddy, Ravula Chandrasekhar and a large number of party workers participated in Holi celebrations. (NSS)