HYDERABAD: While the social media was flooded with wishes for TRS president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on his 67th birthday, party leaders celebrated his birthday by taking up various programmes and events on Wednesday. The celebrations included taking up mass plantation, releasing irrigated water, offering prayers at various places of worship, organising blood donation camps and distributing clothes and fruits in the districts.
KCR was at his farmhouse to avoid congregation of leaders and supporters at Pragathi Bhavan in view of the pandemic. The CM planted a sapling in his Erravelli farmhouse on the request of party MP J Santosh Kumar. TRS working president KT Rama Rao planted a sapling at Pragathi Bhavan and gave a call to people to take up mass plantation programme. Interestingly, the party asked the cadres not to erect flexis and banners and deface the city.
Finance minister T Harish Rao released Kaleshwaram water from Ranganayaka Sagar in China Kodur village in Siddipet constituency for rabi crop season to mark the birthday of KCR. He also organised a KCR cricket tourney in Siddipet. Former Indian cricket skipper and ex-MP Mohammed Azharuddin participated in the final match on Wednesday and handed over prizes to the winners along with Harish Rao.
Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav took part in prayers and also offered a golden saree at Balkampet Yellamma temple. Legislative council chairman Gutta Sukhender Reddy released a 3D documentary produced on the life of KCR, his political entry and Telangana movement at Jala Vihar. Special pujas and rituals were performed at various places of worships in the city on the occasion.
Rice millers led by Telangana Civil Supplies Corporation chairman Mareddy Srinivas Reddy performed special pujas in 15 major temples such as Kaleshwaram, Basar, Vemulawada, Jogulamba, Warangal Bhadrakali and Yadadri and other temples praying for a long life of KCR.
TRS leaders organised a blood donation camp at the party headquarters Telangana Bhavan. MLC, CM’s daughter Kalvakuntla Kavitha planted saplings.