Telangana ‘Liberation Day’ being downplayed for vote-bank politics: Laxman
BJP leader K. Laxman accused the Telangana government of ignoring 'Liberation Day' for political gain. He called for the event to be included in school curricula and criticized the lack of official recognition compared to other states.
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It reflects the use of historical narratives and regional identity as tools in contemporary Indian electoral politics.
The Congress government and Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy are downplaying the significance of Telangana Liberation Day under the guise of “Praja Palana” and indulging in minority appeasement politics, alleged BJP Rajya Sabha member K. Laxman on Friday.
Addressing a press conference at the BJP State office, Mr. Laxman expressed concern that many among the younger generations, including Gen-Z and Gen-Alpha, were aware only of India’s Independence Day on August 15 and not of the events that led to the merger of the erstwhile Hyderabad State with the Indian Union on Sept. 17, 1948.
Recounting the developments that culminated in Hyderabad State’s integration with India, he demanded that the history of the Telangana liberation struggle and the writings of poet Dasarathi Krishnamacharya be made mandatory part of the school curriculum.
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