The two-day visit of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to Maharashtra concluded on Tuesday.
After the night halt at Solapur, Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao along with ministers, MPs, MLAs, MLCs and party leaders from Telangana first visited Rukmini-Vitthoba temple at Pandharpur and offered prayers there. Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao offered silk ‘vastrams’ to the deities there. Priests of the temple later presented a memento, miniature statues of Rukimi-Vitthoba, to Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao.
From Pandharpur, Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao and his team proceeded to Sarkoli. They visited the residence of Bhagirath Bhalke, son of a three-time former MLA, and had lunch there. After paying tributes at the memorial of Bharat Bhalke, father of Mr. Bhagirath Bhalke, he addressing a public meeting there, where Mr. Bhagirath Bhalke, his followers and other leaders joined BRS in large numbers.
