BRS legislator Lasya Nanditha dies in Hyderabad car crash

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, G Lasya Nanditha, died in a car accident near Hyderabad on Friday.

The 37-year-old was reportedly returning to the city from Basara when the car crashed on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) at Patancheru of Telangana’s Sangareddy district around 6.30 am.

Police suspect that the driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel.

"The driver of the Sports Utility Vehicle – Maruti XL6 – appears to have lost control of the vehicle and rammed into the metal barrier on the left side of the expressway, killing her on the spot," Police said.

The car driver sustained major injuries. He was shifted to a nearby private hospital in Patancheru. Currently, his condition is critical.

Lasya Nanditha was born in 1986 in Hyderabad. She is the daughter of former BRS legislator late G Sayanna. In her decade-long career in politics, she served as a corporator in the Kavadiguda ward before being elected as MLA from Secunderabad Cantonment in the 2023 Telangana assembly elections.

BRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao condoled Lasya Nanditha's death and assured all support to her bereaved family.

Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy expressed shock over her death. "The untimely death of Cantonment legislator Lasya Nandita left me deeply shocked. I had a close relationship with Nandita's father Swargiya Sayanna. He passed away in the same month last year... It is very sad that Nandita also died suddenly in the same month," he wrote on X.

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