Bike rallies, charity programmes mark Deeksha Diwas in Kothagudem

The party leaders paid floral tributes to Telangana Talli statue at the party office and paid homage to Telangana martyrs at Pragathi Maidan

Kothagudem: A massive bike rally was taken out in Kothagudem on Friday by the BRS ranks marking Deeksha Diwas commemorating the historic hunger strike by party president and former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao in 2009.

MP Vaddiraju Ravichandra, former MLAs Vanama Venkateswara Rao, Rega Kantha Rao, M Nageswara Rao and B Haripriya, municipal chairperson K Seethalakshmi, the party senior leader Dindigala Rajender and others took part in the rally.

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The party leaders paid floral tributes to Telangana Talli statue at the party office and paid homage to Telangana martyrs at Pragathi Maidan. Later they distributed fruits and bread to patients at Government General Hospital. Similar activities were carried out in all the mandals in the district.

Speaking to the media Ravichandra stated that the hunger strike undertaken by Chandrashekhar Rao 15 years ago changed the course of history. The hunger strike played a key role in the formation of separate Telangana by moving the political system of the country.

The determination, which Chandrashekhar Rao showed in achieving statehood to Telangana, was replicated in developing the State. His leadership has left an indelible mark in governance as Telangana witnessed rapid development in all the fields during his ten years rule, he noted.

But the Congress government led by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy was undoing the growth achieved in the past one decade. Under the Congress rule every section in the society was suffering as the dire situations, which prevailed when Congress was in power in erstwhile Andhra Pradesh, have been appearing again in the State, Ravichandra complained.

He called upon the party ranks to fight against the misrule of the Congress in Telangana to protect the rights of people. The government failed to deliver the promises made to farmers, women and unemployed youth, he alleged.