Hyderabad, Sep 15 — In the run-up to Hyderabad Liberation Day, the women’s wing of Telangana BJP organised ‘Mahila Shakti Scooty Rally’ in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
BJP Mahila Morcha organised a Mahila Shakti Scooty Rally from Shri Bhagya Laxmi Temple, Charminar, to the Sardar Vallabhai Patel Statue near the Telangana Legislative Assembly, to demand that the Telangana government officially organise Hyderabad Liberation Day celebrations.
Union Minister G Kishan Reddy, along with state BJP President Ramchander Rao, participated in the rally on a bike after offering prayers at the Bhagya Lakshmi Temple.
Kishan Reddy stated that through the rally they honoured the courage and sacrifices of Telangana’s women in the struggle against the Nizam and the Razakars.
Women participated in the rally with great enthusiasm, embodying the spirit of Liberation Day, he said.
The BJP leaders paid rich tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel by garlanding his statue.
The Central minister said that Telangana is the land of brave women who resisted the atrocities of the Nizam and the Razakars.
He slammed the Congress and BRS parties for failing to officially celebrate September 17, out of fear of what he called the vote-bank politics of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).
Kishan Reddy claimed that, respecting the aspirations of the people of Telangana, the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been organising the Hyderabad Liberation Day celebrations on a grand scale every year.
This year too, the Hyderabad Liberation Day celebrations will be held at the Secunderabad Parade Grounds. He urged the people to turn out in large numbers for this ‘historic’ event.
State BJP President Ramchander Rao said that the BJP has long been demanding that September 17 be officially celebrated as 'Telangana Vimochana Diwas' (Telangana Liberation Day).
He alleged that the Congress and BRS governments avoided officially observing September 17 in Telangana due to fear of the AIMIM. He termed the party the ideological descendants and successors of the Nizam's army and the Razakars.
Ramchander Rao said the Central government led by the BJP has been officially celebrating this day in Hyderabad for the past five years. He demanded that the Congress government in Telangana also celebrate the day officially.