Congress MLA wants KCR dead, then blames ‘the flow’
Shadnagar MLA Veerlapalli Shankar was reported to have wished for KCR’s death before saying he had spoken in the heat of the moment. Congress’s explanation remains smaller than its microphone.
The MLA later said the remark was made ‘in the flow’; Congress said it was not party policy.
Congress MLA Veerlapalli Shankar was reported to have said outside the Telangana Assembly on September 8 that he wanted former chief minister and BRS president K. Chandrashekar Rao’s death. The remarks came during a Congress protest outside KCR’s residence, according to multiple reports. The exact video or an official transcript was not available in the research reviewed, so the wording remains attributed rather than presented as independently verified fact.
On September 9, Shankar reportedly changed direction, saying he had said it “in the flow” and that Congress respected KCR. A death wish, followed by a grammar note, is not quite a clarification. Telangana Congress president Mahesh Kumar Goud was also reported to have said that wishing for an opposition leader’s death was not Congress policy. No official disciplinary action by Congress was found in the material reviewed.
BRS leaders were reported to have filed a complaint at Subedari police station seeking legal action, but the complaint and any police acknowledgment were not available. Congress has not publicly accounted for the remarks beyond the reported explanations. The party’s microphone was present; its discipline was not.