KCR gets hero’s welcome in Hyderabad

Pink is the color of the TRS, the party launched by Rao in 2001 with the single-point agenda of fighting for the creation of a separate Telangana state, which became a reality with both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha passing the bill, which now awaits the mere formality of President Pranab Mukherjee putting his signature on it.

Hours before the arrival of KCR, as the TRS leader is popularly known, people from all the 10 districts of Telangana thronged the capital in every mode of transport including buses, trains and cars. The entire city wore a festive looks with TRS party flags, flexi boards and enthusiastic supporters smearing gulal (a pink powder) on each other.

KCR was welcomed amid beating of drums, slogan-shouting and playing of folk songs from Telangana region by thousands of people including women when he came out of the Begumpet airport flashing a victory sign. The rally was also joined by people riding on camels and horses even as cultural artists from different parts of the region performed dances as the procession moved at a snail’s pace.

Even as thousands of Telangana supporters joined the rally in cars, two-wheelers and on foot, Thousands of others lined up the along the eight km stretch from Begumpet to Gun Park to catch a glimpse of the man most believe is responsible for the carving of Telangana from Andhra Pradesh.