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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.

Marking the 16th Deeksha Diwas, senior BRS leader T Harish Rao hailed K. Chandrashekhar Rao’s 2009 fast-unto-death as the pivotal moment that made Telangana a reality. He recalled KCR’s sacrifice, the unity it inspired, and its decisive role in state formation.

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 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.

BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao has asked party cadres to organise grand statewide celebrations for ‘Deeksha Diwas’ on November 29, marking 15 years since K. Chandrashekhar Rao’s fast-unto-death for Telangana statehood. District units will hold meetings, exhibitions, and welfare activities.

With streetlights going off abruptly and unusually, BRS leaders were on Friday forced to take out a rally in darkness from the Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital to Telangana Bhavan at Banjara Hills. The party leaders termed it a deliberate attempt by the Congress government to disrupt the rally.

The BRS cadre conducted two-wheeler rallies, distributed fruits, organized blood donation camps, and arranged 'annadanam' for the underprivileged. In addition, they held various charitable activities across all 33 districts of Telangana. Floral tributes were offered at the statues of Telangana Thalli at BRS party offices, and homage was paid to Telangana martyrs.

BRS leaders and local people, who participated in large numbers in the Deeksha Diwas programme held at Alugunur here on Friday, recollected the scenes that happened during the time of the arrest of party president K Chandrashekhar Rao 15 years ago.

He complained that Revanth Reddy was plotting to send Chandrashekhar Rao and Rama Rao to jail to damage the BRS. The BRS cadres should draw inspiration from Deeksha Diwas and work with renewed zeal to strengthen the party, he said.

KTR participated in the Deeksha Diwas celebrations at Alugunoor near Karimnagar on Friday, marking the fast unto death launched by Chandrashekhar Rao on November 29, 2009

Former MLA N Diwakar Rao, who along with ex Bellampalli MLA Durgam Chinnaiah, leaders Vijith Rao and many others took part in the event, rebuked the police for preventing them from conducting the programme

The officials informed that the party had not taken permission to erect banners. A heated argument broke out between the officials and the party leaders

Party holds rallies, distributes fruits, holds blood donation camps and Anna Daanam for the poor, besides various other events across all 33 districts of State