The chief minister of Telangana, K. Chandrasekhar Rao is going to receive President Droupadi Murmu on her arrival at the Hakimpet air base today at around 4 pm for her 5-day southern sojourn. Earlier, he hadn’t received the prime minister Narendra Modi on his two visits to the state. Droupadi Murmu will be welcomed by Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan.
Today, Murmu is all set to travel to Srisailam to visit Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Swamy temple and launch a tourism project. The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will also receive the President, who will stay at Rashtrapathi Nilayam, the official presidential retreat at Bolaram in the Secunderabad cantonment. To review the arrangements for the president’s visit, the TS directorate chaired a high-level meeting with chief secretary Somesh Kumar guiding authorities to coordinate with the Medchal-Malkajgiri district officials.
On December 27, Murmu is scheduled to visit Keshav Memorial School in the city and interact with students. She will disclose a plaque of the ‘Har Dil Dhyan, Har Din Dhyan’ campaign to mark the sesquicentennial celebrations of Sri Ramachandraji Maharaj of Fatehpur at Kana Shanti Vanam, Ranga Reddy district, by Sri Ramachandra Mission. She will visit National Police Academy and address trainees of the Indian Police Service. Also, she will inaugurate the wide plate mill of Mishra Dantu Nigam Limited in Hyderabad.