Defamation suit against Konda Surekha should serve as lesson, hopes KTR

K.T. Rama Rao takes legal action against defamation, warns against baseless attacks; BRS leaders seek action for threatening comments.

Working president of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) K.T. Rama Rao has stated that he has taken a firm stand against ‘baseless allegations and cowardly personal attacks’ being made on his character by his political opponents and the lawsuit filed against Minister Ms. Surekha would serve as a lesson to those who think they could spread cheap rhetoric in the name of political criticism.

In a statement, he said on Tuesday that he had filed a ₹ 100 crore defamation suit against Minister Konda Surekha for her malicious and cheap comments made on him. “For far too long, these attacks and attempts to indulge in character assassination through whisper campaigns and social media have gone unchecked”, he felt and added that such attempts would not be tolerated any more.

As a public representative, he had always prioritised people’s issues over personal vendettas, but it was time to draw a line, he asserted.

Meanwhile, a team of BRS leaders lodged a complaint with the Banjara Hills police on Tuesday seeking lawful action against Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy alleging that the latter had been making objectionable comments against former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, working president of BRS K.T. Rama Rao and former minister T. Harish Rao as the comments were threatening in nature, terrorising leaders and instigating violence.

Party leaders, including Nomula Bhagath, Errolla Srinivas, Gellu Srinivas Yadav, D. Balaraj Yadav, Manne Goverdhan, M. Rajiv Sagar and others, said in the complaint that the comments were threatening in nature and instigating violence against KCR, KTR and Harish Rao was causing concern on their safety and security and the attacks that had taken place during their visits in the recent past were an indication.