Rahul, Sonia meet Telugu poet Gummadi Vittal Rao; he agrees to campaign for `secular forces`
(The Times of India)

With the resurgence of the Telangana movement, Gaddar expressed his support for the cause of a separate state and also those who were advocating it with the intention of uplifting the lower castes, particularly the Dalits and the backwards. Gaddar`s song `Amma Telanganama Akali kekala gaanama` has been selected as the state song of Telangana.