Commemorating the merger of erstwhile princely State of Hyderabad with the Indian Union following police (military) action in 1948, the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS)-led Telangana government celebrated National Integration Day across the State on Sunday.
The occasion was celebrated on Collectorate complexes in districts and in several institutions in Hyderabad. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Pocharam Srinivas Reddy unfurled the national flag on the Assembly premises. Legislature Secretary V. Narasimha Charyulu, BRS Legislature Party secretary Ramesh Reddy and officials of the Assembly participated in the event.
In the Legislative Council, chairman G. Sukender Reddy unfurled the tricolour with MLCs Dande Vithal, T. Ravinder Rao, B. Dayanand and Legislature officials participating. In the BRS headquarters at Telangana Bhavan, secretary general of the party and MP K. Keshava Rao unfurled the national flag with party leaders attending the event.