TRS activists seem to have overdone their drama on the eve of Independence day trying to disrupt the Official celebration. Our politico's seem to have forgotten that national importance attached to this day in the history of our freedom struggle.

Police arrested leaders and activists of TRS in Warangal as they were reportedly planning to disrupt the Independence day celebrations. Another rebel TDP legislator Jogu Ramanna was arrested by the police when he tried to disrupt the main official function being attended by state Minister Basvaraj Saraiah in Adilabad town.

Telangana had its echo in the Independence Day celebrations in Andhra Pradesh, with groups fighting for a separate Telangana state hoisting Telangana flags along with the national flag. At some places, they also tried to disrupt the official functions.

The Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) had asked the ministers of the Congress party not to boycott the official functions.

Congress MP from Vijayawada Lagadapati. Rajagopal said hoisting of another flag with the national flag was unconstitutional and amounted to insulting the tricolour."There is only one flag for the entire country. No state has a flag of its own," the MP from Vijayawada said. He alleged that TRS was trying to stoke separatist feelings among the people of Telangana

Rebel legislator of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Nagam Janardhan Reddy created a flutter at the state assembly when he raised slogan of "Jai Telangana" as assembly Speaker N. Manohar was hoisting the national flag.