The Telangana government has decided to build a memorial for former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee here, caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Roa said Thursday.
Orders have been issued to officials, who are now on the job, he said in the Legislative Council.
The former Prime Minister upheld great values in his life, Rao added.
"The state government has decided to allocate one acre in Hyderabad to build his memorial building and to instal his statue as per his stature," he said.
Rao recalled that BJP member in the Council N Ramachander Rao and other BJP leaders had met him on the issue.
He was speaking on the motion taken up by the House to condole the death of Vajpayee who passed away last month.
The Council also condoled the death of former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M Karunanidhi and renowned mimicry artist Nerella Venu Madhav, recipient of the Padma Shri award.
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Venu Madhav, who was also a member of the Council, hailed from Warangal in Telangana.
The Upper House also expressed its deep sense of sorrow on the death of more than 60 people in a ghastly bus accident at Kondagattu in Jagtial district recently, and also on the loss of lives in the Kerala deluge.
Rao, Leader of Opposition in the Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir, Deputy Leader of Congress in the House P Sudhakar Reddy, BJP MLC N Ramachander Rao and other members recalled the services of Vajpayee, Chatterjee and Karunanidhi.
Council Chairman K Swamy Goud then adjourned the House sine die.
The Council met for the day as per the obligation that the House should sit at least once in six months.
The Legislative Assembly was dissolved on September six as per a recommendation made by the state cabinet.