Union Minister and Telangana BJP president G. Kishan Reddy on Tuesday reiterated his party’s demand to the Telangana government about celebrating September 17 as ‘Liberation Day’ as there was nothing “unifying” about it.
“How can it be a unification when Sardar Patel with the help of the Indian Army defeated the Nizam Army and liberated Hyderabad from his clutches? It is shameful to say Liberation Day celebration is anti-Muslim when so many people from the minority community, including journalist Shoibullah Khan and others, were killed by the regime at that time,” Mr.Kishan Reddy told a press conference.
Telangana people had fought a relentless battle against the Nizam’s autocratic rule and the violence unleashed by his militia force, Razakars, in which hundreds lost their lives. When Karnataka and Maharashtra, which got a few districts of the erstwhile Hyderabad, have been celebrating Liberation Day, why not here,” he questioned.
