Vani Devi with PV Narasimha Rao
HYDERABAD: Surabhi Vani Devi, daughter of the late former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao, will make her electoral debut as a TRS candidate from Hyderabad-Ranga Reddy-Mahbubnagar Graduates MLC constituency on March 14.
Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s decision to field her is a coup of sorts with both the BJP and the Congress trying to claim the legacy of Telangana’s iconic leader PV Narasimha Rao.
Analysts said that now both BJP and Congress will have to rework their strategies as opposing PV’s daughter would be a difficult affair for them.
An artist, educationist and social activist, she is the founder president of several educational institutions, including those on pharmacy, architecture, fine arts colleges and schools.