Overview

• KTR cut a cake at Telangana Bhavan amid chants of “CM, CM” as party leaders and workers gathered to mark his 49th birthday
• As part of the “Gift a Smile” initiative, BRS cadres distributed 5,000 KCR kits along with benches, seedlings and student aid across Telangana
• Rama Rao visited jailed social media activist Durgam Shashidhar Goud’s family in Sangareddy, shared lunch and promised full support
• BRS criticised the Congress government for suspending the flagship maternal welfare programme 20 months ago and accused it of politicising the scheme’s hiatus
• Party workers alleged GHMC and HYDRAA staff selectively removed BRS birthday hoardings in Hyderabad while leaving rival posters untouched