Hyderabad Liberation Day Celebration!

Mr. Shah was speaking at the Union Government's official celebration of 'Hyderabad Liberation Day' to mark the occasion of erstwhile Hyderabad State under Nizam rule merging with the Indian Union on September 17, 1948.

Shah said he is not surprised but happy that everybody now celebrates the day after Prime Minister Modi took the decision.

"They celebrate the day. But, it is not called 'Hyderabad Liberation Day. There is still fear in mind. I would like to tell them that remove that fear. 'Razakars' cannot make decisions in this country. It has been 75 years since this country got independence," he said.

Modi took the decision in deference to the feelings of the people of Telangana, Maharashtra, and Karnataka, he said.

Shah credited the country's first Home Minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, for the liberation of Hyderabad.

He paid tributes to Komram Bheem, Ramji Gond, Swami Ramanand Tirtha, former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao, M Chenna Reddy, and many others who fought for freedom.

The intention to celebrate 'Hyderabad Liberation Day' is to take the story of the struggle for liberation to the young generation, he said.