Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy celebrated Diwali with a beneficiary of the Indiramma housing scheme in Parsapur village, in his Assembly constituency of Kodangal in Vikarabad district, on Sunday.
To highlight the government’s flagship housing scheme for low-income families, the Chief Minister, along with Ministers and MLAs, celebrated the festival with the beneficiary’s family.
The Chief Minister, who also celebrated his birthday on Sunday, inaugurated the newly constructed house of Goripalli Sumitra and Srinivas, presented new clothes to the family, and had a traditional Diwali meal of fine rice at their residence.
Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar and Ministers Seethakka, Jupally Krishna Rao, Damodar Rajanarasimha and
other public representatives joined the family for lunch.
Later, children who gathered around the CM there set off firecrackers, and the Chief Minister joined them in celebrating Diwali. On this occasion, the Chief Minister presented all the children with pens.
Revanth Reddy conceived the programme, titled ‘Maa Indiramma Intlo Deepavali’ (Deepavali in Our Indiramma Home), to take the government’s housing initiative to the people and celebrate the festival with families who were allotted the houses.
He asked Ministers, MLAs and other elected representatives to celebrate Diwali with scheme beneficiaries in their respective constituencies.
The Chief Minister participated in various development programmes on Sunday.