Ahead of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) silver jubilee celebrations and public meeting on Sunday, April 27, party working president KT Rama Rao unfurled the BRS flag at the party headquarters, Telangana Bhavan in Hyderabad, before setting out for the public meeting at Elkathurthy in Hanamkonda district.
"Telangana was the only agenda for our party when it started its journey 25 years ago, and it remains the only agenda," he said, while stating that the party has not given up on its national ambitions.
Former CM KCR will address the mammoth public meeting scheduled on April 27 evening.
The party has made elaborate arrangements for the meeting, which will be the first massive show of strength since losing power to Congress in 2023 after ruling India's youngest state for 10 years.
The public meeting is being held in the sprawling 1,213 acres, covering the main stage, parking and other facilities. The main stage, spread over 154 acres, has been constructed to accommodate 500 dignitaries.
Lakhs of people are being mobilised for the public meeting from various parts of the state.
The party has arranged 10 lakh water bottles and 16 lakh buttermilk packets, deployed six ambulances across different routes, and installed 1,200 temporary toilets for public convenience.
The meeting will start at 5 pm with flag hoisting, followed by tributes to Telangana Talli and martyrs, and KCR's speech.
KTR said, "After achieving Telangana state, BRS has been relentlessly working for its development.”
KTR and other party leaders also paid tributes to Telangana's martyrs at Gun Park, paid homage to Telangana Talli, Telangana ideologue Professor Jayashankar and freedom fighter Konda Lakshman Bapuji.
Speaking on the occasion, KTR said Konda Laxman Bapuji and Professor Jayashankar were the inspiration for the Telangana movement and the party's journey.
KTR stated that besides the inspiration of the two eminent personalities, the leadership of K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) played a key role in the party's 25-year-long journey.
While paying tributes to Konda Laxman Bapuji's statue at Tank Bund, KTR recalled that the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) took birth at Jala Drushyam in the same area.
The TRS, floated by KCR in 2001 to revive the movement for statehood to Telangana, changed its name to BRS in 2022.
KTR said that BRS discharged every responsibility given by the Telangana society as a sacred duty with dedication and commitment.
He thanked all those who have been with BRS under KCR’s leadership all these years and vowed to keep the party’s flag high.