"The sacrifices of students and youth who participated in the Telangana statehood movement should be included in the history. Personally, T Devender Goud is at the top of leaders whom I admire the ...

He also claimed that Harish Rao was, in a way, responsible for the death of Srikantha Chari during the Telangana movement.

Devender Goud depicted the history of Telangana movement from the perspective of the people in his book," the CM said while unveiling ‘Vijaya Telangana', a book authored by the former minister.