Telangana: BJP leader allegedly attempted suicide over removal of Bandi Sanjay from post of state BJP head

The report said that BJP Khammam town vice president G Srinivas allegedly attempted to commit suicide at his house in Khammam and his family members took him to a hospital after noticing him lying unconscious with a rope around his neck. 

Srinivas has been shifted to a hospital and his condition is stated to be out of danger, said the report quoting  sources.

However, police did not confirm the incident. 

A police official said they had no information about the reported incident.

A note circulated on a social media platform and purportedly written by Srinivas said “he was pained over removal of Bandi Sanjay Kumar from the post of Telangana BJP president and he is ending his life”.

The BJP’s decision to replace its Telangana president Bandi Sanjay Kumar with Union minister G Kishan Reddy and elevate Etela Rajender, who has switched from the BRS, as its election management committee chairperson hints at a change in the party’s strategy in the state.Kumar was in Delhi to meet BJP national president JP Nadda on Tuesday.

A senior national leader said the party needed a leader who could keep the organisation united and take along everyone. A softer and more sober Reddy, who has headed the party in Telangana earlier too, fits the bill, he said, noting that the Union minister has also been a committed BJP leader for decades.

Rajender’s elevation will be seen as a positive signal to satraps from other parties who are keen to change sides, he said.

A combative leader with a knack for controversial digs at his rivals, Lok Sabha MP Kumar was credited by the party for infusing new energy in its ranks after taking over its leadership in 2020 as he took on chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao-led BRS through his episodic foot-march across the state.

(With inputs from PTI)

Updated: 05 Jul 2023, 02:35 AM IST