The Chief Minister of Telangana, Revanth Reddy, has been making consistent efforts to efface the legacy of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief K. Chandrashekhar Rao ever since he assumed power. Mr. Reddy is trying to delink Mr. Rao from the Telangana movement, the subsequent creation of the State, and the landmarks that the former Chief Minister built during his 10-year regime.
Examples of Mr. Reddy’s efforts include changing the prefix for the registration numbers of vehicles from ‘TS’ to ‘TG’, changing the government’s emblem, replacing the Telangana Thalli statue with a new image, recognising Dalit poet Andesri’s song ‘Jaya Jaya Hey Telangana’ as the State song, renaming Pragati Bhavan as Praja Bhavan, and painting the Kaleshwaram irrigation project, identified with Mr. Rao, in negative light.
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