Telangana Thalli statue inauguration: Ponnam invites Guv, KCR, Kishan Reddy

Hyderabad: Backward Classes Welfare minister Ponnam Prabhakar extended invitations on Saturday to several prominent leaders for the unveiling of the ‘Telangana Thalli’ (Mother) statue.The event is scheduled for 6:05 pm on Sunday, December 9 at the Secretariat and around 100,000 women members from self-help groups are expected to attend.Ponnam, who also serves as the in-charge minister for Hyderabad, met with Governor Jishnu Dev Varma at Raj Bhavan and Union minister G Kishan Reddy at the Dilkusha government guesthouse to convey the invitations.He later visited former chief minister and BRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao’s farmhouse in Erravalli to invite him, accompanied by Congress government advisor Harkara Venugopal.During this visit, Ponnam was welcomed by BRS leaders, including former MP J Santosh Kumar and former MLA Jeevan Reddy.KCR hosted a lunch for Ponnam, where they reportedly reminisced about their experiences during the Telangana statehood agitation.Ponnam also indicated plans to invite the Owaisi brothers to the event.The statue itself, designed by a professor from Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University, symbolizes Telangana’s cultural heritage and features an average Telangana woman holding agricultural symbols.