Hyderabad, April 10 -- Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has paid rich tributes to philosopher, visionary and social reformer Mahatma Jyotirao Phule on the occasion of his 195 th birth anniversary (on April 11).

The Chief Minister recalled the services rendered by Mahatma Jyotirao Phule to the country. He said the action programme implemented by Mahatma Phule to eradicate caste discrimination and upliftment of Dalit Bahujan and Women was of the highest order.

CM KCR said that the Telangana state government has taken inspiration from Mahatma Phule's philosophy that socio-economic prosperity could be achieved only through education and equality, irrespective of the caste or gender and is implementing the same. The state government had bee...