BRS women leaders release Bathukamma songs criticising Congress government
BRS women leaders released three Bathukamma songs at Telangana Bhavan, criticising the Congress government. The event, attended by senior leaders, recalled KCR’s recognition of Bathukamma as a cultural symbol and stressed its role in uniting Telangana women across communities.
Hyderabad: BRS women leaders on Thursday released three Bathukamma songs at Telangana Bhavan, each highlighting the failures of the Congress government. The programme, attended by former Ministers P Sabita Indra Reddy, Satyavathi Rathod, V Sunitha Lakshma Reddy, MLA Kova Lakshmi, former MP Maloth Kavitha, former Deputy Speaker Padma Devender Reddy, former ZP chairpersons, and GHMC corporators, turned into a spirited show of dissent.
The leaders recalled the recognition given to Bathukamma by former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, pointing out how the festival became a symbol of cultural pride and resistance during the statehood movement. They said the newly released songs would help women fight the Congress government with the same spirit. After the release, the women leaders played Bathukamma for the new songs, sending out a symbolic political message.
Speaking on the occasion, Sabita Indra Reddy said Chandrashekhar Rao wove women’s welfare into every scheme, unlike Revanth Reddy who was dismantling all of them. Satyavathi Rathod stated that the former Chief Minister respected Telangana women, and gave due recognition to ASHA and Anganwadi workers by providing honourable pay. Padma Devender Reddy said this year’s songs were specially written to question Congress policies.
Maloth Kavitha said Lambadi youth now eagerly await Bathukamma, while Sunitha Lakshma Reddy stressed that the festival had united Telangana across caste and class. Kova Lakshmi and Padma Devender Reddy pointed out that Chandrashekhar Rao made Bathukamma and Bonalu festivals as official events, gifted sarees to women, and turned these festivals into a people’s movement.
