Low-key celebrations on TRS' 20th foundation day

Hyderabad Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Tuesday celebrated its 20th foundation day but the celebrations were a low-key affair due to the surge in Covid-19 cases across the State. With both TRS president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and party working president K. T. Rama Rao infected by Covid-19, the foundation day celebrations were sans the usual pomp and gaiety. Both the top TRS leaders had tested positive for Covid-19 with mild symptoms and isolated themselves.

For a second consecutive year, the TRS foundation day was a low-key affair due to the pandemic. TRS general secretary K. Keshava Rao led the celebrations on Tuesday by hoisting the party flag at Telangana Bhavan, the party headquarters. He also paid tributes to Telangana talli and Telangana ideologue Professor Jayashankar by garlanding their statues.

Speaking on the occasion, the senior leader said people of Telangana will always remember April 27 as this was in 2001 that KCR (Chandrasekhar Rao) revived the movement for Statehood to Telangana and achieved the long cherished dream of the people with the formation of Telangana State in 2014.