Telangana Rashtra Samiti Chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao’s Hyderabad entry after Telangana bifurcation may be delayed by two hours but that hasn’t stopped his supporters from preparing a special ratham or chariot for him to ride till Gun Park, women making special floral bathukammas, poornakumbham by the Telangana Brahmins and horses and camels and bike rallies – a welcome befitting the arrival of a king.

The city has suddenly turned so pink with the welcome banners and hoardings all over the place, which might give Hyderabad the title of the next Pink city in India apart from Jaipur. The upcoming rally has left the citizens terrified about the traffic diversions and schools have closed or are closing half day. The utmost fear was in the MMTS stations where even a 15 minute delay in the train arriving had people thinking if the trains were stopped by the TRS party cadres. Thankfully it’s still South Central Railways. Any kind of rallies, walks or yatras are petrifying the people of Andhra Pradesh where an alternate travel mode, to traffic diversions, to how are the children going to reach home safely has become the fear factor for that day.

The recent AP High Court's strict directions to remove the illegal Flexi banners has gone to the wind with every signal point and hoarding turning pink for his welcome. Looks like today’s TRS 4 – hour Welcome rally at  4 PM will be the much  hyped rally after bifurcation- something that might even beats Gandhij’s pre independence rallies –only this time it’s for the Telangana Gandhi!