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Monday’s unsavoury events during the protest by ASHA workers was just one in a long list of women taking to the streets in protest against the policies, initiatives and approach of the Congress government.

"On the first day itself, we were prevented from entering the Assembly. The police were used to arrest us for protesting against the government’s failures," said KT Rama Rao

They said in the garb of celebrations, attempts were being made to replace Telangana's rich culture and heritage with those against whom the Telangana statehood movement was initiated.

Warning boards have been installed at the Assembly lobby to enforce the new rule

Criticism is mounting from different sections over the programmes, especially music concerts organized as part of the Congress government’s Vijayotsavalu across the State, with many feeling that real Telangana culture was being ignored, and in fact, insulted.

"I appeal to BRS cadres to perform Palabhishekam and Panchamrita Abhishekam to cleanse statues of Telangana Thalli existing across the State on Tuesday, as reparation for the sin committed by the Congress and to seek her forgiveness. I also request the party workers and Telangana citizens to change their social media profile pictures to images of the original Telangana Thalli in solidarity," he appealed.

She expressed deep concern, stating that the spirit of Telangana had eroded under the Congress regime. She declared that the BRS would resist Congress’s attempts to rewrite Telangana's history and demanded the restoration of Telangana’s true cultural symbols.

He said while the Congress pretended to oppose him at the national level, it was conspiring to hand over Telangana's resources to the industrialist at the State level.

The State government decided to install a statue that reflects the spirit, culture and history of Telangana.

Controversy began when BRS legislators arrived wearing t-shirts emblazoned with slogan 'Revanth-Adani Bhai Bhai'

Beginning from Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, Forest Minister Konda Surekha to Shadnagar MLA Veerlapally Shankar, Congress leaders have been in the news for the comments and threats they made and the language they used against BRS leaders and even against the public.

Referring to the historical "Telangana Thalli" designed during the Telangana movement, he criticised the current administration for its lack of understanding and respect for the State’s cultural and historical essence.

The Congress government is now either renaming schemes and policies, or introducing new ones. The objective, though officials claim is to render more services, is clearly to remove everything that has the BRS imprint, especially the IT policy.

Supporters of District Congress Committee president Tumukunta Narsa Reddy and TPCC official spokesperson Bandaru Srikanth Rao, who led two factions in Gajwel, had come to near blows after Narsa Reddy's followers tore flex banners of the Chief Minister put up Srikanth Rao.

The committee members accused Enumamula inspector of supporting Inteyaz and not taking action against him.

Releasing an 18-page charge sheet on the one year Congress rule at Telangana Bhavan on Sunday, Harish Rao said the Congress government started its term with a negative attitude and controversial decisions like attempts to alter the State emblem, to cancel key projects such as Pharma City, and to impose restrictive measures on businesses in Hyderabad.

Stating that the future of people of Telangana was with the BJP, Nadda claimed that BJP was the only party which could develop Telangana.

The celebrations are confined to officials and artistes, who have been conducting cultural programmes here and there with very less public participation.

Former municipal chairman of Nalgonda, Saidi Reddy, along with several other town unit leaders of the party, arrested and shifted to the Nalgonda rural police station

Kavitha said the Congress government's promises including educational, financial support schemes and employment, were yet to materialise. She pointed out that initiatives like the Rs 5 lakh Vidya Bharosa card and aid under the Vidya Jyothi scheme remained unimplemented.