Hyderabad, Aug. 5 -- Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday paid rich tributes to Professor Kothapalli Jayashankar, the ideologue of the Telangana movement, on his birth anniversary on Wednesday, recalling his lifelong dedication to the cause of a separate state.
In a message, the Chief Minister described Professor Jayashankar as the "father of Telangana," who spent his entire life advocating for an independent state and inspiring crores of people to join the movement. He noted that Jayashankar never gave up the dream of Telangana, keeping the flag of statehood flying high for over six decades.
"Telangana was his breath, focus and goal. He ignited the spirit of the movement in the hearts of people and explained, with facts an...