Hyderabad, Sept. 23 -- Bathukamma sarees will be distributed to 2,26,016 ladies within the Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) boundaries.

At a ceremony in the city's 11th division on Friday, Government chief whip and Warangal West MLA Dasyam Vinay Bhaskar gave the sarees to the recipients as part of the saree distribution.

Speaking to the crowd, Vinay Bhaskar declared that the Telangana culture and traditions were highly valued by the TRS government, which is led by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao.

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He claimed that the chief minister was distributing sarees to Bathukamma festival attendees "like the head of a family."

The MLA further said that the go...