Former Andhra Pradesh Speaker Kodela Siva Prasada Rao Commits Suicide

On Monday, Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kodela Siva Prasad Rao committed suicide at his residence in Hyderabad.
Mr. Rao, 72, was one of the senior-most leaders of the opposition Telugu Desam Party in the state.

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He was taken to Basavatarakam Hospital, which he had set up with actor-politician Balakrishna, where doctors confirmed his death.
Rao, who was reportedly upset over the cases being foisted against his family members by the YSRCP.
A political slugfest erupted soon after Rao's death, with TDP leader Kesineni Nani calling his demise not a suicide albeit a "brutal murder by chief minister Jaganmohan Reddy".

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