The birthday of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi was celebrated at Gandhi Bhavan amid slogans of Jai Soniamma and Congress leaders thanking her for delivering Telangana and leading to the formation of the Congress government for the first time in Telangana.
AICC in-charge for Telangana, Manikrao Thakare; Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy; Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka and several Ministers were present on the occasion. A 78-kg cake was cut by them along with former PCC chief V Hanumanth Rao and other leaders to celebrate the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Revanth Reddy said that the birthday was an extraordinary festive occasion for Telangana State. He recalled how the process to establish a separate Telangana State had begun on December 9, 2009, under the leadership of the then UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and Home Minister P Chidambaram.
