Shah targets rivals for 'appeasement politics'

No previous government dared to celebrate the "Telangana Liberation Day" in the past 75 years due to their appeasement policies and vote bank politics, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Sunday.

- Srinivasa Rao Apparasu

Shah was addressing the gathering after unfurling the national flag as part of the official celebration of 75th year of "Hyderabad Liberation Day" at Secunderabad Parade Grounds to commemorate the merger of erstwhile Hyderabad state with the Indian Union on September 17, 1948. "It is unfortunate that no government in past 75 years celebrated the historic 'Hyderabad Liberation Day and formulated programmes to remind the younger generation about this great day. Because of their appeasement policies, the previous governments were always scared and did not celebrate it," Shah said. On the occasion, Shah recalled the atrocities committed by the Razakars (armed supporters of Nizam) during the Nizam rule in present day Telangana, and bordering areas of Maharashtra and Karnataka, which were parts of erstwhile Hyderabad state. Paying tributes to thousands of martyrs who had laid down their lives for the