Perak BN Menteri Besar Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir has pledged aid for a mammoth gathering of the Telegu Indian community in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 8.

He said this was to thank the Telugus, the second largest Indian community after Tamils, for their strong support for BN.

"We feel necessary to give aid so that that the Telugus can hold their 150th anniversary in Malaysia," he said at Perak Malaysia Day celebration in Ipoh today.

Prime Minister Najib Razak is expected to launch the gathering to be attended by more than 10,000 Telegus nationwide.

There are some 400,000 Telegus in the country, mostly concentrated in Teluk Intan and Bagan Datoh in Perak.

- Bernama