Congress challenges BRS over its Deeksha Diwas claims, accusing the party of rewriting Telangana’s history. Party leaders defend Sonia Gandhi’s decisive role while criticising KCR’s political theatrics.

Political tensions escalated as Congress and BRS traded fresh accusations over Deeksha Diwas. Telangana Congress chief B. Mahesh Kumar Goud dismissed KCR’s 2009 fast as political drama, asserting that Sonia Gandhi made the decisive call for statehood after recognising public protests and student sacrifices.

BRS leaders hit back, with Talasani Srinivas Yadav and K.T. Rama Rao accusing Congress of rewriting history and downplaying KCR’s contribution. KTR argued that Congress had once urged KCR to end his fast and is now conveniently claiming full credit.

Observers note that Congress is attempting to shift the conversation toward governance, while the BRS is leaning on emotional appeals to regain lost ground. (Analysis: Not from original article — Many local analysts suggest that voters are now looking for practical development rather than symbolic politics.)

Congress maintained that Telangana’s statehood was a collective people’s movement and should not be attributed to a single leader.