Telangana Chief Minister KCR will miss first birthday fest in state

That has not dampened the spirits of party leaders and workers who have splashed parts of Hyderabad and the state with pink posters greeting him and describing him as ‘Telangana Jathi Pita’ (Father of Telangana).

TRS leader and film producer Malakapuram Shivakumar and others have already put up a series of posters in Jubilee Hills and other parts of the city greeting him on his birthday.

TRS leaders and cadre have planned celebrations at the Telangana Bhavan where a cake. Besides this, they will also be organising blood donation camps and distributing clothes, fruits to the poor. Mr Rao will turn 61 on Tuesday, which incidentally happens to be Sivaratri.

Tuesday will be Mr Rao’s first birthday celebrations in the new state which he achieved after a relentless 14-year struggle, said TRS MP Dr Narasaiah Goud.

At the Telangana Bhavan, power minister G. Jagadish Reddy will inaugurate a blood donation camp while his daughter and TRS MP K. Kavitha will cut a cake. Film director Shanker will dedicate a song in honour of Mr Rao, said TRS youth wing leader U Rajesh.