"Telangana Vijay Yatra" From March 2

The All India Youth Congress will conduct the "Telangana Vijay Yatra" from March 2, 2014.

Speaking to media personnel at Gandhi Bhavan on Tuesday, All India Youth Congress Secretary and Andhra Pradesh In-charge Shahabuddin, and State President Vamshi Chandra Reddy announced that the 15-day padayatra will cover a distance of 300 kilometres.

It would cover as many as 20 Assembly segments in eight Lok Sabha constituencies in the Telangana region.

The "Telangana Vijaya Sabha" will cover Warangal, Bhongir, Malkajgiri, Hyderabad, Chevella, Nalgonda, Mahabubnagar and Secunderabad Lok Sabha segments.

The padayatra will begin from Warangal and will culminate into a public meeting, "Telangana Vijay Sabha", in Secunderabad.

They said that the padayatra was being organised as a thanksgiving to the AICC President Sonia Gandhi for ensuring realisation of the 60-year-old dream of the formation of Telangana.

Further, the "Telangana Vijay Yatra" would be a tribute to over 1100 people who had sacrificed their lives for the cause of the statehood.

A delegation of the Youth Congress will also call on the AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday to thank him for ensuring the passing of the Telangana bill in the Parliament.

Shahabuddin also said that the Youth Congress will play an active role in re-establishing the Congress party in the Seemandhra region. (INN)