President Pranab Mukherjee today left for the national capital from Secunderabad after his 10-day annual southern sojourn. Governor ESL Narasimhan, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and his cabinet colleagues, besides Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya and other senior officials were present at the Hakimpet Airforce station to see him off.

Mukherjee stayed at the Rashtrapati Nilayam here, the erstwhile Nizam palace built in 1860, spread across sprawling 90 acres, and now serves as a presidential retreat. The President participated in various programmes in Karnataka and Kerala, besides couple of programmes in Hyderabad. He visited the famous Balaji Temple in Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh.

During his stay, he had attended convocation at the Army College of Dental Sciences, Secunderabad; addressed centenary celebrations of Federation of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

President Pranab Mukherjee hosted ‘At Home’ at Rashtrapathi Nilayam last evening. Governor Narasimhan, Chief Minister Chandrashekar Rao, Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, former Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah, Legislative Council Chairman K Swamy Goud, Assembly Speaker S Madhusudhana Chary, Deputy Chief Ministers Mohammed Mahamood Ali and Kadiyam Srihari and several of various political parties attended.

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president N Uttam Kumar Reddy, deputy leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, former Ministers DK Aruna, MPs, MLAs, MLCs and other dignitaries also attended the function.