Muhurat fixed, Telangana’s new Secretariat to be opened on 17 Feb, with 2 CMs and a deputy in attendance

This is the second event where KCR will be seen with national leaders — the previous one being the BRS public meeting at Khammam on 18 January in which chief ministers Arvind Kejriwal, Bhagwant Singh Mann, and Pinarayi Vijayan, and former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav attended.

Tamil Nadu CM Sri @MKStalin, Jharkhand CM Sri @HemantSorenJMM, Bihar Deputy CM Sri @YadavTejashwi, JDU President Sri @LalanSingh_1 as the representative of Bihar CM @NitishKumar and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's Grandson Sri @Prksh_Ambedkar will participate in the inauguration event.

— Telangana CMO (@TelanganaCMO) January 24, 2023

Poised to go national

The inauguration of the Secretariat, which has been named after BR Ambedkar, in the presence of the national leaders is being viewed as yet another attempt of the chief minister to project himself as a national leader.

This comes in the wake of his resolute steps to broad-base the BRS across the nation and throw his hat in the ring to vie for the prime minister’s seat in 2024.

The chief minister, along with the national leaders, will address a huge public meeting thereafter at Parade Grounds in Secunderabad where KCR is expected to shed more light on the road map ahead for his fledgling BRS and provide an outline of the party’s ideology and philosophy.

After the inauguration of the Secretariat, a huge public meeting will be held at Parade Grounds in Secunderabad. All the above mentioned guests who participate in the inaugural ceremony of the Secretariat will attend the public meeting, Minister Sri Prashanth Reddy said.

— Telangana CMO (@TelanganaCMO) January 24, 2023

Inauguration day

According to Roads and Buildings Minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy, the Secretariat’s inaugural event will begin at 11:30 am and will continue for one hour.

Prior to the inauguration, vedic scholars will perform a vastu pooja, chandi yagam, and sudarshana yagam.

State Roads & Buildings Minister Sri @VPRTRS said that the newly built Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat Building will be inaugurated by CM Sri K. Chandrashekar Rao during the auspicious time of 11.30 am to 12.30 pm on February 17 (Friday), as suggested by Vedic Pandits.

— Telangana CMO (@TelanganaCMO) January 24, 2023

About the new Secretariat

The works related to the construction of the modern Secretariat building began on 4 January, 2020.

Initially, the new Secretariat was expected to cost as estimated ₹400 crore, but it subsequently shot up to ₹617 crore.

The new Secretariat will take up 20 acres out of a total area of about 29 acres. The designers were Chennai-based firm Oscar and Ponni Architects. The building is expected to reflect the traditions of Telangana.

There is a huge dome on top of the new building being constructed across 7.88 lakh sq ft, which will have the national emblems on them.

There is expected to be a wide courtyard that will house a massive water foundation, likely to arrest the attention of visitors. The chief minister’s office will be located on the sixth floor of the building.

Also Read: KCR moves to name Telangana Secretariat after Ambedkar

Push-back from Opposition 

Meanwhile, BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar has questioned KCR as to how he could inaugurate the Secretariat on his birthday when it has been named after Dr BR Ambedkar.

Speaking at the BJP state executive meeting held in Mahabubnagar, he demanded that the new building be inaugurated only on BR Ambedkar’s birth anniversary.

Live from BJP State Executive Meeting https://t.co/gJdq08gbsx

— Bandi Sanjay Kumar (Modi Ka Parivar) (@bandisanjay_bjp) January 24, 2023