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Laljan Basha died in road accident

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Nalgonda: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) vice president and former MP Lal Jan Basha died in a road accident Thursday at Narketpally in Andhra Pradesh. He was 56.

Basha was coming to Hyderabad from Guntur when the four-wheeler in which he was travelling hit a divider in Nalgonda district, about 80 km from here. The driver was injured, police said.

Basha was the most prominent Muslim leader of TDP and played a key role in the party for nearly three decades.