T R S president K. Chandrasekhar Rao heaped praise on the Nizam of Hyderabad at the celebration of Hyderabad Liberation Day at the party office here on Thursday.Mr. Rao had kicked off a controversy a few years ago when he praised the Nizam and even paid tributes at his grave at King Kothi here.
The TRS president targeted the critics of Hyderabad Liberation Day for ridiculing the celebrations and warned of severe consequences if they did not stop it.
Mr. Rao took objection to criticism that the day did not deserve to be celebrated to mark the ‘independence of Telangana’ and said it was certainly independence for the region as it was freed from the clutches of feudal forces. September 17 was as important to people of Telangana as August 15 for the rest of the State. He demanded the government to celebrate September 17 officially like in parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka that were hitherto in the erstwhile Hyderabad State.
If the people of coastal districts adore Cotton and have set up his statues, the people of Telangana were well within their rights to honour the Nizam in a similar way. However, Mr. Rao admitted to certain lacunae in the Nizam’s reign owing to the feudalistic set-up of the time.
Addressing a press conference after hoisting the national flag, Mr. Rao asked what was wrong in praising the Nizam who did a lot good for Telangana. Could anyone claim that the Nizam did not construct Nizamsagar which provided irrigation to three lakh acres of land, he asked. The construction of Nizamsagar was a fact of history like the Dowleswaram barrage which was built by Sir Arthur Cotton.
The TRS president targeted the critics of Hyderabad Liberation Day for ridiculing the celebrations and warned of severe consequences if they did not stop it.
Mr. Rao took objection to criticism that the day did not deserve to be celebrated to mark the ‘independence of Telangana’ and said it was certainly independence for the region as it was freed from the clutches of feudal forces. September 17 was as important to people of Telangana as August 15 for the rest of the State. He demanded the government to celebrate September 17 officially like in parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka that were hitherto in the erstwhile Hyderabad State.
If the people of coastal districts adore Cotton and have set up his statues, the people of Telangana were well within their rights to honour the Nizam in a similar way. However, Mr. Rao admitted to certain lacunae in the Nizam’s reign owing to the feudalistic set-up of the time.
Addressing a press conference after hoisting the national flag, Mr. Rao asked what was wrong in praising the Nizam who did a lot good for Telangana. Could anyone claim that the Nizam did not construct Nizamsagar which provided irrigation to three lakh acres of land, he asked. The construction of Nizamsagar was a fact of history like the Dowleswaram barrage which was built by Sir Arthur Cotton.
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