Warangal, FEbruary 08: Demanding that Rachabanda should be cancelled, Nimmala Raju (35) attempted suicide at Gorikottapalle in Regonda mandal in the presence of DCC chief and Bhupalpally MLA Gandra Venkataramana Reddy today. Soon as officials and the MLA reached the village in Bhupalapally Assembly segment to conduct the mass contact programme, Raju came with a bottle of pesticide and demanded cancellation of the programme threatening to end his life if not done so.
With no response from either officials or the MLA, Raju gulped pesticide. Immediately, he was shifted to Prakal hospital where his health condition is said to be stable. Meanwhile, scribes of electronic media participated in relay fast in Warangal demanding that a bill on Telangana should be introduced in the forthcoming session of the Parliament.
–Agencies