This is an archive article published on February 23, 2024
Telangana MLA G Lasya Nanditha dies in car accident
Condoling her death, BRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao issued a statement and assured his party’s support to her bereaved family. Meanwhile, senior BRS leader KT Rama Rao paid tribute to Nanditha, calling her a “very good leader in the making”.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA G Lasya Nanditha, 36, died in a car accident near Sultanpur in Telangana’s Sangareddy district on Friday morning.
According to a member of her family, the MLA from Secunderabad Cantonment was returning to Hyderabad from Basara when her car rammed into a barrier on the Outer Ring Road (ORR). While Nanditha suffered fatal injuries, her driver and personal security officer (PSO) are in a critical condition.
Police said the driver must have either fallen asleep or lost control of the car while trying to avoid another vehicle that may have slowed down in front of them. “The front portion of the SUV is a mangled wreck. The vehicle was travelling at a high speed when it rammed into the barrier,” an officer said.
VIDEO | Bharat Rashtra Samithi (@BRSparty) MLA G Lasya Nanditha killed in a road accident in Telangana’s Sangareddy district. The accident took place early morning today.
Nanditha, the daughter of late BRS leader G Sayanna, was elected for the first time from Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency in the Assembly election that took place in November, last year. She had got the BRS nomination following the death of her father, a five-time MLA from the same constituency. Earlier, she had been elected as Municipal Corporator from Hyderabad’s Kavadiguda in 2016, but in the 2020 municipal elections, she did not win.
BRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao issued a statement expressing his condolences and assuring the party’s support to her bereaved family. Senior BRS leader KT Rama Rao also paid tribute to Nanditha, calling her a “very good leader in the making”.
“Just now heard the absolutely tragic and shocking news that Lasya is no more!! Woke up to the devastating loss of the young legislator who was a very good leader in the making. My heartfelt prayers for strength to her family and friends in this terrible and difficult time,” KTR wrote on X.
Leaders from other parties also expressed condolences. Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee senior vice-president G Niranjan said he was shocked at the news. “It is unfortunate that she lost her life in an accident at a young age, within three months of her election to the Assembly,” he said.
Minister of Irrigation, Food and Civil Supplies, N Uttam Kumar Reddy, and TPCC working president Mahesh Kumar Goud also expressed shock and sadness.
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Former Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar and other BJP leaders said her death was untimely and tragic.
Sreenivas Janyala is a Deputy Associate Editor at The Indian Express, where he serves as one of the most authoritative voices on the socio-political and economic landscape of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. With a career spanning over two decades in mainstream journalism, he provides deep-dive analysis and frontline reporting on the intricate dynamics of South Indian governance.
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