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BRS deputy leader T Harish Rao launched a scathing attack on Union Minister G Kishan Reddy, accusing him of betraying Telangana and distorting facts about the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme in Parliament. Rao alleged that Reddy insulted Telangana’s self-respect by echoing Congress propaganda and highlighted that the Centre had earlier praised the project.

On his birthday, we revisit how K. Chandrashekhar Rao led a 13-year movement that resulted in the formation of Telangana. From hunger strikes to governance reforms, this video explores the journey that reshaped regional politics and statehood history in India.

The 72nd birthday of BRS president and Opposition leader K Chandrashekar Rao was celebrated at Telangana Bhavan with senior leaders and party cadres in attendance. A 72-kg cake was cut by KT Rama Rao, Harish Rao, Talasani Srinivas Yadav and others.

Telangana was not merely the passage of a Bill in Parliament; it marked a new political beginning under K Chandrashekhar Rao and a restoration of self-respect

On trial are not individuals, but history itself — and history, time and again, has proven resilient

BRS will observe Deeksha Diwas on November 29 to commemorate K Chandrashekhar Rao’s 2009 fast that energised the Telangana statehood movement. Rallies, cultural events, exhibitions and a major gathering at Telangana Bhavan are planned, with senior leaders addressing thousands of party workers

BRS working president KT Rama Rao recalled the historic Sagarahaaram agitation, calling it a defining moment in Telangana’s statehood movement. He said the spirit of sacrifice and determination shown then continues to inspire even after 13 years

Shibu Soren’s unflinching support for the Telangana cause, both morally and politically, stood as a symbol of regional solidarity and federal justice

Former CM K Chandrashekhar Rao condoled the death of Telangana activist and Bahujan thinker Prof Prabhanjan Yadav. He hailed Yadav’s role in the statehood movement and his lifelong advocacy for backward communities, calling his demise a major loss to Telangana.

The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) has transformed Telangana’s agriculture, reversing decades of drought and despair. The project is also about identity, dignity, and justice for State’s farmers

Calls it a betrayal of state employees, demands that all pending allowances be released immediately, citing the role of staff in the Telangana movement

She charged Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy with misleading the public and tarnishing Telangana's image to hide his government's failures

Telangana was carved out as a separate State after a 14-year-long, hard-fought movement led by K Chandrashekhar Rao but the Congress govt seems determined to dismantle everything the State has built

Telangana's former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao recalls his association with Satyanarayana during the Statehood movement

The paper, many aspirants have alleged, was aimed at tarnishing the previous BRS government and more perplexingly, focus more on former Andhra Pradesh Chief Ministers NT Rama Rao and N Chandrababu Naidu and the Telugu Desam Party, when the entire paper was actually supposed to be on the Telangana Statehood movement

Reiterating his party's commitment to preserving the legacy of the statehood movement while addressing the challenges faced by the State today, he appealed to the party cadres to participate in large numbers and make the Deeksha Divas a massive success

The BRS president recalled the profound impact of Dasarathi's work especially his slogan of "Naa Telangana... Koti ratanala veena", on the Telangana statehood movement and its cultural identity

"He risked his life when you raised the gun on the agitators. While you carried money bags, plotting to destroy what we achieved, he was securing Telangana’s future," KTR added

No evidence was placed in the chargesheet to attract offences against Chandrashekar Rao, he said, adding that the polie had filed a chargesheet in 2023, splitting the case, and showing Chandrashekhar Rao as absconding.

The BRS working president said under Revanth Reddy's leadership, there was a sense of entitlement among certain Cong leaders, who were treating govt positions as their personal fiefdom.