Congress Rajya Sabha member Rapolu Ananda Bhaskar has said the credit of fulfilling the long cherished wish of Telangana people goes to AICC Chief Sonia Gandhi.
Speaking after hoisting the national flag on the occasion of Telangana Formation Day celebrations held at Charminar, organized by Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Yatra Smaraka Samithi here on Tuesday, Rapolu said the conspiracy of making Hyderabad City as a Union Territory had failed because of determination of Congress president and then UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. “The Telangana people would never forget the efforts of Sonia Gandhi to give Telangana State”, he said and added that there was a need to develop the Telangana State with united efforts.
Secunderabad former MP Anjan Kumar Yadav alleged that the TRS came to power with false publicity forgetting the efforts of Congress MPs in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. “Congress brought Telangana while fighting in Delhi”, he said.
Rapolu cut a cake after paying tributes to the Telangana martyrs by observing silence for two minutes. Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Yatra Smaraka Samithi president G Niranjan, leaders Kannayya Lal, Sayyad, Yousuf Hashmi, G Raja Rathnam, P Rajesh, Dharam Chand, Moosa, Ashok Reddy, V Ashok, Vijay Kumar, Dr Shankar, Kuddus and others participated in the program. (NSS)