India, Sept. 8 -- Shadnagar Congress MLA Veerlapally Shankar has triggered a fresh political controversy after making inflammatory remarks against former Chief Minister and BRS president K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), stating that he wishes for KCR's death and that the state would be "better off" once it happens.

The comments, made amid ongoing tensions between the ruling Congress and the opposition BRS during the current Assembly session, have quickly become a talking point in Telangana's political circles. Shankar's remarks come at a time when the Assembly has already been witnessing heated exchanges between the two parties, with BRS legislators recently staging protests outside the Assembly gate.

This is not the first time Shankar, a fi...