Hyderabad, Sept. 7 -- Congress leader Motha Rohit hit back at BRS working president KT Rama Rao (KTR), urging him to criticise the Telangana government constructively instead of allegedly distorting facts and spreading "fake news" for political benefit.

Speaking to ANI, Khairatabad District Congress Committee president Motha Rohit responded to KTR's criticism of the Congress government over its electoral guarantees and its performance in Telangana.

"I want to request KTR to fact-check himself. After the 2006 by-elections, again in 2009, the same Congress party came into power. The formation of Telangana took place in 2014 by the blessings of Sonia Gandhi, and the entire family of Mr KCR and KTR went and fell at the feet of Sonia Gandhi,...