Hyderabad, Sept. 14 -- The Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samithi (BGUS) on Monday called upon Ganesh mandapam organisers across Bhagyanagar to participate in a collective singing of "Vande Mataram" and flag hoisting on September 17.

The call was made during a special Ganesh Chaturthi puja held at Baheti Bhavan here in the presence Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar, former Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya, Former Governor of Telangana & Former Lieutenant Governor Puducherry Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan, MP Anil Kumar Yadav, MP Anji Reddy, MLC Rakesh Reddy and other public representatives.

BGUS President G Raghava Reddy and General Secretary Dr Ravindra Shashidhar, along with other office-bearers and members of the Samithi, attended the progr...