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BRS president K Chandrashekhar Rao condoled the death of senior video journalist Damodar of India Today. He said Damodar had been active in covering the Telangana movement since the party’s early days and described his passing as a great loss.

Chief Minister Revanth Reddy urged voters to elect local leaders aligned with the Congress, warning that otherwise village development could be affected. His remarks, made during ongoing elections, drew criticism, while the BRS complained to the State Election Commission over alleged misuse of public funds.

Several Congress and BSP leaders from three mandals joined the BRS in Gajwel in the presence of T Harish Rao. He accused the Congress government of ignoring gram panchayats, failing on funds, pensions, crop loan waiver and Kalyana Lakshmi promises

At a Deeksha Diwas event in Siddipet, former Minister T Harish Rao quoted Pranab Mukherjee’s books to praise K Chandrashekhar Rao’s leadership during the 14‑year Telangana movement and criticised Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud for their remarks.

Former MP Vinod Kumar strongly criticised TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud for calling KCR’s Deeksha as a ‘fake fast’, drawing parallels with criticisms faced by Mahatma Gandhi during the freedom struggle.

BRS cadres across Adilabad marked Deeksha Diwas with flag hoisting, exhibitions and tributes to Telangana Talli statue, recalling KCR’s fast for a separate Telangana state.

The 16th Deeksha Diwas was observed across Karimnagar district with exhibitions, rituals and participation of senior BRS leaders, underscoring KCR’s role in the formation of a separate Telangana state.

The Telugu community in New Zealand celebrated the 16th anniversary of K. Chandrashekhar Rao’s hunger strike that paved the way for Telangana’s formation. Organised at the Dawn Crew Centre in Auckland, the event saw BRS leaders and diaspora members pay tribute to Rao’s sacrifices and highlight the turning point of the 2009 fast.

Bharat Rashtra Samithi celebrated Deeksha Diwas across Telangana, marking 16 years since K. Chandrashekhar Rao’s fast-unto-death that triggered the Statehood process. Party leaders organised rallies, performed 'palabhishekam' to portraits of Telangana Thalli and paid tributes at martyrs' memorials.

Sangareddy MLA and BRS district president Chintha Prabhakar accused the Congress Party of attempting to erase the imprint of former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao from Telangana. Speaking at the Deeksha Diwas programme, he highlighted Rao’s leadership in the Statehood movement and his decade-long governance.

The BRS has demanded a judicial enquiry into the blast at a check dam on the Manair river between Gumpula and Thanugula villages in Karimnagar. Party MLAs Gangula Kamalakar and P Koushik Reddy submitted a representation to District Collector Pamela Satpathy, alleging that the dam was deliberately destroyed with explosives by sand smugglers.

Residents of Mukhra (K) village in Echoda mandal celebrated Diksha Diwas a day early by performing Ksheerabhishekam on K. Chandrashekhar Rao’s flex poster and taking out a drum-led procession, praising his leadership and expressing their desire for his return as Chief Minister.

BRS MLA Talasani Srinivas Yadav accused the Congress government of betraying people in GHMC limits by failing to deliver on promises and reducing BC representation in gram panchayat polls. Addressing party functionaries, he assured workers that BRS would restore development and reward loyalty.

Harish Rao said Telangana would not have been formed without KCR’s 2009 fast, which pushed the Centre to announce statehood. He highlighted Siddipet’s growth since then and said BRS will build a new martyrs’ memorial. People were urged to join Deeksha Diwas.

BRS working president KT Rama Rao invoked memories of the Telangana Statehood struggle, recalling K. Chandrashekhar Rao’s fast and the sacrifices of martyrs, while urging people to reignite the same zeal against Congress misgovernance.

BRS working president KT Rama Rao has urged students across Telangana to launch a state-wide agitation under the banner 'Vidyarthi Ranabheri' against the Congress government, accusing it of betraying the education and employment sectors.

The Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS) project, aimed at providing affordable super-speciality care and medical education, is significantly delayed. Four hospitals in Hyderabad remain incomplete, forcing poor and middle-class families to rely on costly corporate or limited government facilities

The Congress government in Telangana faces criticism from the BRS over repeated delays in operationalising the Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences facilities at LB Nagar, Sanathnagar and Alwal. Despite multiple announcements, including a promise to open the Sanathnagar facility within 30 days of October 23, no progress has been made.

Farmers in Mukhra (K) village of Echoda mandal performed a cotton abhishekam to a flex poster of former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, saying they enjoyed better support during his tenure and demanded his return, citing current restrictions affecting procurement

The Telangana High Court extended till January 2026 its interim order preventing the State government from taking action against BRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao and others based on the Kaleshwaram probe, allowing time for detailed judicial scrutiny of the case