Hyderabad, Feb. 8 -- When elections are nearby, death can wait. Heart-wrenching as it sounds, a Hindu funeral procession was allegedly stopped in Telangana's Jagtial to allow Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy's convoy to pass.

The incident occurred while in Korutla town on Saturday, February 7, when Reddy was campaigning for the upcoming municipal elections.

As he addressed a gathering in the Kalvagadda vegetable market, the bereaved family of Sheshikala were made to wait holding her bier in the presence of police personnel.

A male family member, presumably her son or grandson, draped in a white cloth, held a kumbha (clay pot) waiting. Members of his village also waited, in patience, in mourning.

A video showing the poignant mom...