India’s newly elected Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu has called for developing India which is free of hunger, poverty and corruption.
After receiving the Public Felicitation from the Government of Telangana at Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad, Venkaiah Naidu went down memory lane and recalled his close emotional bond with Telangana and Hyderabad.
“I deeply love Telangana and Hyderabad as politically I was born, brought up and nourished here”, he said.
After the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao felicitated him in the presence of Governor ESl Narasimhan, Union Minister of State Bandaru Dattatreya and host of other dignitaries Venakaiah Naidu spoke on wide range of subjects including issues arising out of the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and the promotion of Telugu language.
Naidu said he is very happy that his journey as Vice- President of India is beginning from the same city where his political journey had begun.
Terming Hyderabad as “Mini India” he said that this was home to varied religious faiths, communities and the people.
“Telangana is North of South and South of North”, he said underlining its significance. Venkaiah Naidu said that Hyderabad was the brand of Telangana.
Stressing the special place Hyderabad had in his heart, Venkaiah said, “Hyderabadi Biryani and Haleem have earned special fame in the world. Similarly Hyderabad has earned a special place on the global development map”.
“Andhra Pradesh as not bifurcated because of any anger against anybody but it was divided to fulfill the asipiration that every region should be developed by its own people”, he said.
He said tat the purpose of bifurcation of the state will be achieved olny when the fruits of development reach the last man in the queue.
He urged the Chief Ministers of both the Telugu States Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to work together for the development and sit and discuss to resolve the
differences.