Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA and Working President KT Rama Rao challenged Chief Minister Revanth Reddy to fight and win against him from Malkajgiri in the 2024 parliamentary elections, after the chief minister asserted that BRS would not win even one seat in Lok Sabha polls.
According to the police, they have registered a case of accidental death (ADR) and are conducting further investigation to find out more about the incident.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda on Sunday held a roadshow in Hyderabad as part of his Telangana election campaign in support of the party's candidate from Malkajgiri, N Ramchander Rao and said that Telangana has been "eclipsed" by KCR and BRS.
An interstate drug smuggling racket was busted by the Special Operations Team (SOT) of Malkajgiri zone, along with the Keesara police, in Telangana's Medchal-Malkajgiri district along with the arrest of three persons, officials said.
Seeking to boost the morale of party workers ahead of the upcoming state elections, and the Lok Sabha polls next year, BJP national president JP Nadda said they should go into the electoral battles with a positive frame of mind considering where the party stands nationally.
“The joining of sitting Malkajgiri MLA M Hanumanth Rao, ex-MLA V. Veeresham, and Mynampally Rohit will surely give the Congress an added boost and further strengthen our bond with the people of Telangana!” Venugopal said this in a post on X.
The arrested persons have been identified as Chinthapandu Naveen aka Naveen Kumar aka Teenmar Mallanna, who has been working as a newsreader at Q News, Bandaru Ravinder, editor in Q news, Uppala Nikhil, Sirra Sudhakar, an office boy at Q news and Chintha Sandeep Kumar.
"The wreath was laid on behalf of a grateful nation for the untiring service to the nation by the officer. The mortal remains have been moved to Lt Col VVB Reddy's residence at Malkajgiri, Hyderabad", said the officials.