BRS to celebrate December 9 as Vijay Diwas
KTR has asked BRS leaders and workers to celebrate December 9 as Vijay Diwas, marking the Centre’s 2009 announcement on forming Telangana following KCR’s hunger strike. Programmes will be held at constituency headquarters, including tributes and fruit distribution at key locations.
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president KT Rama Rao urged party leaders and workers to celebrate December 9 as Vijay Diwas across Telangana, marking the historic day when the Centre announced the process for formation of a separate State of Telangana in 2009.
Addressing a teleconference on Saturday with senior leaders, MLAs, MLCs and district presidents, he gave detailed directions for the celebrations. He reminded the cadre that December 9 was the day the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre bowed to the 11-day fast-unto-death undertaken by party president K Chandrashekhar Rao and officially initiated the process for Telangana Statehood.
“Just as we successfully observed November 29 as Deeksha Diwas, we must celebrate December 9, the day K Chandrashekar Rao’s hunger strike bore fruit, as Vijay Diwas with festive spirit,” he said. He described the day as the moment when the 60-year-old aspiration of the people of Telangana finally took concrete shape due to the BRS president’s supreme sacrifice.
Considering the ongoing local body elections and the busy schedule of party workers, he directed that celebrations be confined to constituency headquarters only and not in villages.
Programmes such as Palabhishekam at Telangana Thalli statues in constituency centres, floral tributes and homage at statues of Dr BR Ambedkar, distribution of fruits to patients in government hospitals and release of pink balloons symbolising victory into the sky at party offices or major junctions would be the highlight of the celebrations.
Special Programme at NIMS Hospital
A special fruit distribution programme will be held at NIMS Hospital, where the BRS chief undertook his fast-unto-death and at Gandhi Hospital under the leadership of senior leader Talasani Srinivas Yadav.
