The Hyderabad Liberation Day on Tuesday will as usual be observed by various parties with different interpretations about the significance of this day when the erstwhile Hyderabad State was annexed to the Indian Union.
The BJP has given a call for celebrating the day to mark the liberation of Hyderabad from the tyranny of Nizam. Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines Prahlad Joshi will participate in the celebrations at the BJP office after hoisting the national flag. Incidentally, former Maharashtra Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao will also take part in his first programme on returning to party activities after demitting his gubernatorial post. He had championed the BJP’s demand for official recognition to the Liberation Day before taking over as Governor.
Mr. Joshi and other State-level leaders of BJP, including its president K. Laxman and Vidyasagar Rao, will later address a public meeting at Patancheru. The BJP programme will coincide with the birthday celebrations of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
On the other hand, the Communist Party of India will organise a public meeting at Exhibition Grounds here highlighting the success of the armed struggle spearheaded by the party against Nizam’s rule. But, the fruits of the success were watered down by government as the lands resumed during the struggle were redistributed to feudal lords. That way, the government had deceived the poor. Other parties, mainly TRS, will also observe the event to symbolise the merger of Hyderabad and independence to the State from the rule of Nizam. However, the TRS government had refused official celebrations claiming that the real independence accrued only on June 2, 2014, when Telangana State was formed. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has said the government will not set up any obstacles to celebrations by other parties in whatever manner.
