HYDERABAD: Telangana CM A Revanth Reddy on Monday warned that anyone attempting to change the official image of the Telangana Thalli (mother of Telangana) statue and its features or insulting it in speeches and or on social media platforms would face legal action, reports Roushan Ali.
He said this after unveiling the new Telangana Thalli statue on the state secretariat premises in the presence of thousands of women members of self-help groups, poets, artists, ministers and elected representatives.
Stating that the statue signifies the existence and self-respect of the people of Telangana, chief secretary A Santhi Kumari said the state govt has prohibited any change, modification, destruction, desecration, defiling, vandalising, breaking, demolishing or burning it in public or private and making a mockery or belittling it “will be treated as a crime.”
Revanth announced that Telangana Thalli Avatarana Utsavam will be officially celebrated every year on Dec 9 in the state. This date coincides with the historic announcement by the Central govt in 2009 that the exercise of forming a separate Telangana state had started.
He said that so far there was no official image of Telangana Thalli until he unveiled the one approved by govt. Senior functionaries like Ale Narendra, Vijayashanti, K Chandrasekhar Rao and many others belonging to various political parties created different forms of Telangana Thalli statues during the statehood agitation, he said.
“So, the ‘praja prabhutvam’ (Congress govt) has decided to fulfil the aspirations of the 4 crore people of Telangana and unveiled the image of the mother of the masses and ‘bahujanula Telangana Thalli’,” he said.
