Hyderabad: Taking a dig at the BRS, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday alleged that the previous government had conspired to “silence” the songs of Ande Sri and other poets in order to prevent them from getting credit for their roles in the statehood agitation.

Speaking at a meeting organised here in memory of Ande Sri, who died recently, CM said ‘Jaya Jaya he Telangana’, penned by the poet, was hugely popular during the statehood agitation.

People expected that the song would be declared as the state song after Telangana formation, he said.

But, ‘Jaya Jaya he Telangana’ was “silenced” due to the decisions of the then rulers (during BRS rule after state formation in 2014), he alleged.

“The then rulers made a conspiracy to silence the poems, songs (popular in statehoo

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