Hyderabad: Thousands of voices sang the National Anthem in Telangana State on Tuesday on call of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. He called the people of Telangana to sing National Anthem at 11.30 am at all junctions of Hyderabad and all districts in Telangana.

The mass recitation of the National Anthem was part of the State Government’s ongoing two week long Swatantra Bharatha Vajrotsavalu rivalling the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav of the Modi Government to celebrate 75 years of Independence.

When the clock struck 11.30 am, traffic came to a grinding halt. Commuters and pedestrians alike stood still for 52 seconds as did Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and other leaders and recited Jana Gana Mana. A few hours later.

The National Flag sprouted at all important junctions across the State on Tuesday. A sense of nationalism permeated the air as a sea of the Tiranga fluttered at gatherings from Abids in Hyderabad to sprawling grounds in the districts.

Modi government had given a call for Har Ghar Tiranga, the KCR Government distributed flags free of cost to the public. And, going one up on the Centre, organized the mass recitation of the soul-stirring Anthem.

Finance Minister T Harish Rao and Labour Minister Ch Malla Reddy attended the mass rendering of the National Anthem at Malla Reddy University on the city outskirts, where around 30,000 students participated.