TRS leaders and people of Telangana are remembering the ‘Deeksha Divas today. The fast-unto-death launched by Chief Minister and TRS President K Chandrashekhar Rao on November 29, 2009, which eventually paved the way for the formation of Telangana State.
November 29 will be remembered as a watershed moment in the history of the Telangana statehood movement. It was on this day in 2009 that TRS president K Chandrashekhar Rao embarked on fast-unto-death that forced the then UPA government to announce the initiation of the process for the formation of a separate Telangana State.
He sat on the hunger strike at Rangadhampally crossroads in Alganoor village near Siddipet , demanding a separate Telangana State. However, he was shifted to Khammam prison triggering a huge public uproar across the region in erstwhile Andhra Pradesh.
Recalling the eventful day, TRS working president and Minister KT Rama Rao termed that the fast taken up by Chandrashekar Rao in 2009 as an ‘unprecedented event’ which turned around the Telangana Statehood movement.
He said the day had united the people of the entire Telangana cutting across different sections of society. He extended greetings to people of the entire State on the occasion.
Now the people of Telangana are enjoying the fruits of his labor.
