Chandrababu Naidu Joins Holi Revelry In NTR Bhavan

The Holi festival was celebrated at the NTR Trust Bhavan, the TDP headquarters, on a grand scale on Wednesday, as it is every year.

TDP president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu also participated in the revelry, along with his Party colleagues. Naidu was seen beating drums and dancing with Banjara women chanting "Holi Re Holi" and so on.

He also extended greetings to the Telugu people on the occasion.

Addressing the gathering later, Naidu said that Holi was a festival in which people of all castes, religions, classes, ages and regions participated with equal enthusiasm. The message of the festival was that there should be no rich-poor gap, he said, and expressed hope that poverty would be eradicated and economic inequalities were minimized.

The TDP supremo also interacted with the Telangana TDP leaders and enquired about their well-being.

Telangana TDP vice-president Lakshman Naik Ramawat, Ramesh Rathod, Lalu Naik, Babu Rao Naik and others participated in the celebrations. Ramawat said that the Holi festival was being celebrated at NTR Bhavan every year for the last 17 years, and that Naidu had been participating in the festival regularly. He said that Naidu had special love for the Banjaras from the beginning, and gave them utmost respect. Naidu was the first leader who organized the Banjaras' God Sevalal Maharaj Jayanthi celebration in the Party office, he claimed.

Telangana TDP leaders Revanth Reddy, Peddireddy and Ravula Chandrasekhar, and a large number of Party workers participated in the celebrations. Several Party men also submitted memoranda to the AP Chief Minister.