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Surekha was speaking in the former Telangana chief minister’s constituency of Gajwel on Thursday and urged her party members to file a missing case for K Chandrashekar Rao, who is popularly known as KCR.
Minister from the Indian state of Telangana, Konda Surekha has triggered a row with her remarks on the Naga Chaitanya-Samantha divorce, saying that senior Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader KT Rama Rao may be responsible for his father K Chandrashekar Rao’s alleged disappearance and not being seen in public for a while.
Surekha was speaking in the former Telangana chief minister’s constituency of Gajwel on Thursday (Oct 3) and urged her party members to file a missing case for K Chandrashekar Rao, who is popularly known as KCR.
This comes a day after the Rao family released photos in which KCR can be seen attending the birthday celebrations of his wife Shobha.
Earlier on Wednesday, Surekha sparked controversy by linking KT Rama Rao, or KTR, with the divorce of actors Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Ruth Prabhu.
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“It is KT Rama Rao because of whom Samantha’s divorce happened. He was a minister at the time and used to tap the phones of the actresses to find out their weaknesses and use them for blackmail… He used to make them drug addicts, everyone knows this, everybody is aware,” she said.
Her remarks were criticised by Telugu actors.
Veteran actor Chiranjeevi said, “It is a shame that celebs and members of the film fraternity become soft targets as they provide instant reach and attention. We as the Film Industry stand united in opposing such vicious verbal assaults on our members.”
Samantha Ruth Prabhu asked the minister to leave her out of political battles and respect people’s privacy.
“My divorce is a personal matter and I request that you refrain from speculating about it… To clarify: my divorce was mutual consent and amicable, with no political conspiracy involved,” the actress said.
Surekha later apologised to Prabhu and Naga Chaitanya but refused to withdraw her allegations against KTR, demanding his apology.
“I spoke about a family. It was an unexpected slip of the tongue on my part. When I saw their tweets, I felt bad. I felt bad that I hurt someone. So I unconditionally withdraw my statement. But, in KTR’s case, there is no going back. I demand his apology,” the minister said.
(With inputs from agencies)
