Hyderabad, July 4 || AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge unveiled a statue of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Konijeti Rosaiah in Hyderabad on Friday.
The statue, installed at Lakdi Ka Pul in the heart of the city, was unveiled on Rosaiah's birth anniversary.
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, state ministers, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Mahesh Kumar Goud and other Congress leaders were present.
The leaders paid rich tributes to Rosaiah, who was Chief Minister of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh and former Governor of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Earlier, the Chief Minister, in his message, recalled that Rosaiah presented the state budget as the Finance Minister 16 times during Congress rule in the united Andhra Pradesh.
Recognising the Congress leader's service, the CM said the state government bestowed upon him a rare honour by issuing orders to organise Rosaiah's birth anniversary celebrations officially on July 4.
Rosaiah was known for being non-controversial during his entire 50-year active political life, said CM Revanth Reddy.
The Telangana government has decided to celebrate the birth anniversary of Rosaiah as a state function every year in a befitting manner.