Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya and others conveyed their greetings to people on Tuesday on the eve of Ugadi, the Telugu new year day.
Ugadi celebrations were organised at Raj Bhavan to mark the occasion. The Governor and his wife Vimala received the guests who included the Chief Ministers of the two Telugu-speaking States, several Ministers of the Telangana Cabinet, retired and serving bureaucrats as well as leaders of political parties. Former Governors K. Rosaiah and P.S. Ramamohan Rao too attended the event which was marked by cultural programmes. Leader of the Opposition in AP Assembly Y.S.Jaganmohan Reddy also participated.
The Governor extended his greetings to people of two Telugu speaking States as also to the Telugu people all over the world describing Ugadi as a festival of joy and hope and it would bring with it new cheer and expectation for a bright future. He expressed confidence that 'Sri Hevalambi Nama Samvatsaram' would usher in peace, prosperity, harmony and happiness to all people and sections of society for a peaceful and a fulfilling new year.
The Telangana Chief Minister wished that the new year would bring happiness and prosperity to all sections of people. Various development and welfare schemes launched by the Government should reach people and this would, in turn, enable the State to prosper on all fronts.
Wishing people on the occasion of Hevalambi Ugadi, Mr. Naidu hoped that the new year would strengthen the foundation laid for the accelerated development of the new State as well as its people. Telugu Desam Party general secretary Nara Lokesh, party’s Andhra Pradesh and Telangana presidents K. Kala Venkata Rao and L. Ramana and other senior leaders conveyed their greetings to people of the two Telugu States.
The Chief Ministers of the two Telugu speaking States appreciated the Governor for his efforts to maintain cordial relations between the two States and assured that their cooperation in this endeavor would continue.
