Parties geared up to celebrate Sept. 17 fete

The BJP and other Opposition parties, besides several organisations have geared up to celebrate Hyderabad Liberation Day on Saturday.

BJP national president Amit Shah will address a huge gathering at Hanamkonda in Warangal district on the occasion which is being projected as the party’s TS unit’s launch pad for the 2019 general election bid.

Though the TS government decided not organise official celebrations to bid to avoid any misgivings amongst the minorities as done by past regimes, home minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy will unfurl the National Flag at the Telangana Bhavan.

The TS BJP has been celebrating Tiranga yatra from Independence Day onwards as advised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Hyderabad.

Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya said that the party will celebrate Hyderabad Liberation Day in a big way across the state on Saturday.

“It is wrong on the part of the TRS to accuse us of provoking people and whipping up emotions. TRS should avoid vote bank politics. We should celebrate Liberation Day like Maharashtra, Karnataka and Goa do,” he said.

Meanwhile, TPCC president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy accused Chief Minister and TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao of going back on Hyderabad Liberation Day celebrations after coming to power.

“For political gain, he demanded then Congress government celebrate Hyderabad Liberation Day but did a U-turn after coming to power. It is proof of his rank opportunism,” Mr Reddy said.

The MIM has always opposed the celebrations.