BRS Working President KT Rama Rao on Tuesday said he has filed a Rs 100 crore defamation suit against Telangana Minister Konda Surekha for allegedly making “malicious and cheap” comments against him. In a social media post, Rama Rao said he was confident that the truth would prevail in courts.
“I’ve taken a firm stand against baseless allegations and cowardly personal attacks on my character. I have filed a Rs 100 crore defamation suit against Minister Konda Surekha garu for her malicious and cheap comments,” he said.
Rama Rao earlier filed a defamation case against Surekha in a city court over her comments alleging that he was the reason behind the divorce of actors Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Naga Chaitanya.
The BRS leader had sent a legal notice to Surekha, demanding an apology for her comments on October 2, claiming that she made the defamatory statement with a malafide intent to harm his reputation and defame him, a punishable offence under the BNS.
He further said for far too…