Formation Day fete : Bar on popular TS song

The popular Jaya Jaya he Telangana will not be sung during the Telangana Formation Day functions on June 2 and the week-long celebrations that will follow.

Only the national anthem and the national song Vandemataram will be sung. It is said that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao was not satisfied with ‘Jaya Jaya he Telangana’ written by Dr Ande Sri of Warangal. Collector M. Jagan Mohan said Jaya Jaya he Telangana will not be sung as the stanzas in the song talk of Telangana comprising 10 districts, but the CM was in favour of creating 10 more districts.

Jaya Jaya he Telangana used to be sung as a prayer song by children in many schools and colleges during the Telangana agitation and even after state’s formation. The state government has not issued a government order declaring it as the official state song. It was reported that text books for some classes were printed without the official song.

Telangana Rachayithala Vedika Adilabad district president Dr Damera Ramulu alleged that a coterie of some Sri Vaishnavas and brahminical forces around the Chief Minister did not want to honour a Dalit poet, Dr Ande Sri. He recalled that the first Dasharathi state literary award was given to poet Tirumala Srinivasa Charyulu and demanded that the government declare Jaya Jaya he Telangana as the state song.