PM Modi Welcomes Telangana as 29th State and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Congratulates People of Telangana

PM Modi Welcomes Telangana as 29th State and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Congratulates People of Telangana

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hailed the formation of Telangana and promised complete central support to help take the state to newer heights of progress.He congratulated K Chandrasekhar Rao on becoming the first Chief Minister of the 29th state and expressed best wishes to its people.

"India gets a new state! We welcome Telangana as our 29th state. Telangana will add strength to our development journey in the coming years," he tweeted.

"Centre assures complete support to the people and Government of Telangana in taking the state to newer heights of progress," he said.

Noting that Telangana's birth is taking place after years of struggle and sacrifices by several people, Mr Modi said, "We pay our respects to them today."

"My best wishes to people for the state's development journey," the Prime Minister said.

K Chandrasekhar Rao was today sworn in as Chief Minister of newly-carved out state of Telangana.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Congratulates People of Telangana
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today congratulated the people of Telangana on achieving statehood.

"Congratulations to the people of Telangana. Welcome to the Club #29," Mr Abdullah said on Twitter.

Capping the decades-old struggle in the region for carving out a separate state from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana came into existence as the 29th state of India this morning.

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