Hyderabad, April 13 -- Telangana's Minister for Women and Child Welfare Danasari Anasuya Seethakka has issued a legal notice for defamation to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) President K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), alleging a coordinated social media campaign linking her to corruption claims over smartphone procurement for Anganwadi workers.

The notice was sent in response to recent social media posts accusing the minister of corruption regarding the purchase of smartphones for Anganwadi workers.

As per the legal notice sent by Seethakka, the minister has taken strong objection to a series of posts circulated on X and Facebook, which allegedly accused her of irregularities in the purchase of mobile phones under a government welfare initiative...