The Bathukamma celebrations held at the Credit Union Centre in Dallas left a bitter experience among the participants on Saturday evening. Row over ‘entry for ticket holders only’ turned the Telangana Peoples Association of Dallas (TPAD) event into a pandemonium. Hundreds of Telugu families reached the venue with excitement, to participate in the programme. However, they were left disappointed as the event ended up in chaos due to lack of transparency and mismanagement.

Trouble brewed as the organisers did not have proper planning. Initially, they announced that it was a ‘free entry event’ following which families turned up in huge numbers but many alleged that even those having tickets were not allowed inside. Due to lack of proper information from the organisers, those waiting at the pr

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