Telangana polls: Actor-politician Vijayashanthi rejoins Congress
Hyderabad, Nov 17: Ahead of the Telangana assembly polls, Former MP and veteran actor Vijayashanthi who resigned from the BJP, rejoined the Congress party on Friday in the presence of AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, party sources said.
Kharge offered her a tricolour scarf and formally invited her to join the party.
The former BRS MP who left the Congress and joined the saffron party in 2020 was not active in BJP’s programmes in the recent times.
The actor-turned-politician began her political career in 2009 and was elected from Medak Lok Sabha seat on BRS (then TRS) ticket.
Later, due to differences with Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, she joined the Congress and unsuccessfully contested from the same constituency.
ఎంతో ఆదరణతో, సమున్నతమైన గౌరవంతో స్వాగతించిన, కాంగ్రెస్ అధిష్టానానికి రాష్ట్ర నాయకత్వానికి హృదయపూర్వక కృతజ్ఞతలు..
— VIJAYASHANTHI (@vijayashanthi_m) November 17, 2023
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Seven killed as govt hospital’s compound wall collapse due to rain
Bengaluru (PTI): Seven people, including three children, were killed when the compound wall of a hospital collapsed here on Wednesday, police said.
The incident occurred in the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, they added.
When the heavy rains, coupled with strong winds, battered the area, the seven victims were taking shelter near the wall, which suddenly came down crashing, police further said. All seven people were killed on the spot, they added.
According to police sources, the victims were street vendors.
Police and emergency services personnel rushed to the spot with an earthmover to bring out the bodies from the debris with the help of residents.
