KCR, Naidu Attend Independence Day Do At Raj Bhavan

Telugu Chief Ministers K Chandrashekar Rao and N Chandrababu Naidu today came together to attend the post-flag-hoisting meet hosted by Governor E S L Narasimhan and his wife Vimala Narasimhan at the Raj Bhavan.

While KCR has usually not hesitated to attend any event hosted at the Raj Bhavan, his AP counterpart Naidu has preferred to maintain his distance from KCR, and so has avoided events that could bring the two of them together.

Putting the past behind today, however, the two Chief Ministers shared a few words in the presence of the Governor, after hoisting the national flags at the Golconda fort and in Anantapur respectively as part of the 70th Independence Day celebrations.

After snacks, along with union ministers Bandaru Dattatreya and Sujana Chowdary, and others, Narasimhan and the two CMs came out to meet the invitees.

The Governor met with the dignitaries who attended the event and exchanged pleasantries on the occasion.

Telangana Deputy Speaker Padma Devender Reddy, its Deputy Chief Ministers Mahamood Ali and Kadiam Srihari, YSRCP President Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, Telangana Chief Secretary Rajiv Sharma, his AP counterpart S P Thakkar, and ministers, MPs, MLAs, officials and media persons of the two Telugu States were present.