Hyderabad, Sept. 16 -- Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is set to unveil former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's statue in Secunderabad on Wednesday, September 17.

The statue will be unveiled at Picket Public Garden in Secunderabad Cantonment during the celebrations of Hyderabad's integration into India in 1948, which the BJP observes as Hyderabad Liberation Day. According to Secunderabad Cantonment Board CEO Madhukar Naik, Singh will attend the Hyderabad Liberation Day Parade at Parade Ground, Secunderabad, at 9 am. He will then proceed to Picket Public Garden to unveil the Atal Bihari Vajpayee statue at 11:45 am.

It will be the first statue of a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader to be unveiled in the city.

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