Lasya Nanditha was returning to Hyderabad, when the accident took place. According to the police, the driver of the vehicle in which she was travelling, lost control and rammed into the metal barrier on the left side of the expressway, killing the BRS MLA on the spot.
The driver was admitted to a nearby private hospital and is in critical condition at present.
Who is BRS lawmaker Lasya Nanditha?
- Born in 1986 in Hyderabad, Lasya Nanditha made her entry into politics around a decade ago.
- She is the daughter of former BRS legislator, G Sayanna,a five-time MLA from the Secunderabad Cantonment constituency.
- She was a former corporator in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation from the Kavadiguda division.
- Lasya Nanditha was elected from Secunderabad Cantonment in the assembly elections last November.
- Lasya Nanditha was given the BRS ticket after the death of her father,
- She clinched victory in the 2023 Telangana assembly elections by defeating Ganesh N of BJP by 17,169 votes.
Condoling the death of the BRS MLA, Telangana CM Revanth Reddy wrote on X, ‘The untimely death of 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. My deepest condolences to their family…I pray to God to rest her soul in peace’
Nanditha had earlier escaped a road accident on February 13 while she was returning from a public rally, when a car with a drunk driver rammed into her vehicle as she was returning to Hyderabad.