On the occasion of Republic Day, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao unfurled the national flag at Pragathi Bhavan on Thursday.
The Chief Minister paid floral tributes to the portraits of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr B R Ambedkar on the occasion, and recalled their contribution to nation-building.
Ministers Vemula Prashant Reddy, Satyavathi Rathod and Ch Malla Reddy; MLCs Palla Rajeshwar Reddy, S Madhusudhana Chary, Naveen Rao and Shambhipur Rajul Chief Secretary A Santhi Kumari; DGP Anjani Kumar; and other senior officials of the Chief Minister's Office were present.
Later, KCR visited the War Memorial at Parade Grounds in Secunderabad where he paid floral tributes to the Telangana statehood martyrs to mark the day.