Telangana CM KCR writes to PM Modi demanding name change of state Secretariat
India TV NewsHighlights T'gana CM KCR wrote to PM Modi demanding name change of state Secretariat He decided that secretariat should be named after B R Ambedkar CM KCR has issued instructions to the Chief Secretary of the Government to take action in the regard Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday wrote a letter to PM Narendra Modi to consider the state government’s demand of naming the new Parliament after Bharat Ratna Dr BR Ambedkar. The CM's office informed earlier that the CM has decided to name the newly constructed Telangana State Secretariat after the founder of the Constitution, Babasaheb Ambedkar. The State government is implementing Ambedkar's Constitutional spirit by providing humane governance to SC, ST, BC, minorities, women and also the poor in "forward castes," he said. KCR's decision to name the Secretariat after Ambedkar comes close on the heels of the State Legislative Assembly passing a resolution proposing to the Centre to name the newly-constructed Parliament in Delhi after Ambedkar.