The Telangana government has decided to name the new Secretariat complex under construction here after the father of Constitution B.R. Ambedkar.
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has asked Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar to take the necessary steps in the matter, a release from the Chief Minister’s Office said.
Quoting Mr. Rao, the release said he considered giving Dr. Ambedkar’s name to the seat of power in the State was a matter of pride to the people. The decision was a role model for the rest of the country. The Telangana government believed in Dr. Ambedkar’s goal that everyone in the country should get equal respect in all fields.