This latest claim comes just days after the Rao family released photographs showing KCR attending his wife Shobha's birthday celebrations, seemingly contradicting Surekha's insinuations.

Telangana Minister Konda Surekha has sparked controversy once again, this time with comments suggesting that senior Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader KT Rama Rao may be responsible for the alleged absence of his father,

Telangana’s Minister for Forests and Environment, Konda Surekha linked the divorce of actors Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Ruth Prabhu to the working president of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) KT Rama Rao,

Telangana minister Konda Surekha had alleged that BRS leader KT Rama Rao used to tap the phones of actresses and blackmail them.

After Samantha responded strongly to her remarks, Surekha clarified on 'X' that her comments were never intended to hurt Samantha's feelings but to call out a leader's demeaning attitude toward women.

Following the uproar, the Congress leader withdrew her statement and tendered an apology, stating that it wasn’t her intention to hurt anyone’s feelings.

Konda Surekha (58) is a member of Indian National Congress and represents Warangal East constituency in Telangana Legislative Assembly. Born on August 19, 1965 in Warangal, Konda Surekha was elected as MLA in 1999 in the state assembly of the undivided Andhra Pradesh state.

Actor Nagarjuna on Thursday filed a complaint against Telangana Minister and Congress leader Konda Surekha over her remarks on the divorce of his son and actor Naga Chaitanya and actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu. Nagarjuna has filed a defamation case against Surekha in the Nampally court under section 356 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

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.