Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA Lasya Nanditha passed away in a horrific car accident at the Patancheru ORR area on Friday morning. Along with Lasya, her personal assistant Akash and the driver sustained serious injuries after the vehicle lost control and rammed into a road divider, police confirmed.
According to sources, the deceased MLA narrowly escaped death 10 days ago while returning from a BRS public meeting in Nalgonda. The accident took place as the car she was travelling in was hit by an auto at Cherlapalli near Narkatpally.
However, the 37-year-old MLA lost her life in a recently happened road accident on Patancheru ORR. Following this, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy shared condolences via his X handle.
It read, "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. My deepest condolences to their family...I pray to God to rest her soul in peace."
In the meantime, BRS Working President KT Rama Rao, took to X handle to express his heartfelt condolences.
Born in Hyderabad in 1987, Lasya Nandita ventured into politics in 2015, following in the footsteps of her late father, Sayanna. She worked as Kavadiguda Corporator between 2016-20. She was defeated in the 2021 Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) election from Kavadiguda. However, she emerged victorious in the 2023 Telangana Assembly elections. She won with a majority of 17,000 votes against the BJP candidate in the Secunderabad Cantonment constituency.
Sayanna died on February 19, 2023, due to health problems.
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