Harish Rao calls Prof Jayashankar icon of Telangana aspirations, urges people to follow his ideals

BRS leader T Harish Rao paid tributes to Telangana ideologue Prof K Jayashankar on his birth anniversary, calling him the voice of 4.5 crore people. He urged people to follow Jayashankar’s ideals and recalled the BRS government's efforts to honour him.

Hyderabad: Senior BRS leader and former Minister T Harish Rao paid rich tributes to Telangana ideologue Prof K Jayashankar on his birth anniversary on Wednesday, calling him the icon of the aspirations of 4.5 crore Telangana people. He asserted that a true tribute to Prof Jayashankar would be to draw inspiration from his ideals and tread in his path.

In a statement, Harish Rao said Prof Jayashankar was a visionary who dedicated his life to the cause of Telangana statehood. He recalled how BRS chief and former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao ensured that Jayashankar’s contributions were institutionalised by incorporating his life story in school textbooks, naming the agricultural university and also Bhupalpally district after him.

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He said the previous BRS government also mandated official celebrations of his birth and death anniversaries.