KCR, KTR, Harish Rao pay tributes to Kaloji on birth anniversary

Remembering Telangana icon and poet Kaloji Narayana Rao on his birth anniversary, BRS chief and former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao paid tributes, recalling his literary legacy and lifelong association with the people’s struggles.

In a statement, Chandrashekhar Rao said Kaloji shared the hardships of society through his writings and stood firmly against injustice and oppression. He recalled his association with the poet and urged the youth to draw inspiration from Kaloji’s spirit while confronting the misdeeds of rulers.

BRS working president KT Rama Rao and party Legislature Party deputy leader T Harish Rao on Tuesday paid tributes to Telangana icon and noted poet Kaloji Narayana



Rao on his birth anniversary. They said Kaloji was an inspiration to those who fight for self-respect and voice against injustice.

Rama Rao called Kaloji as a people’s poet who made people’s struggles his own and used his writings to awaken society against authoritarianism and oppression. He said Kaloji had demonstrated that Telangana language was the people’s language and not merely that of textbooks.

Harish Rao recalled Kaloji’s words that resisting injustice gave meaning to his struggle and ending injustice brought it fulfilment. He said those who fought injustice, raised their voice for people’s rights and questioned to protect democracy remained his true ideals.