During the ‘Rangam’ ritual at Ujjaini Mahankali temple in Secunderabad, oracle Swarnalatha predicted abundant rainfall for Telangana and warned of a possible new pandemic. She urged citizens to stay vigilant and advised five weeks of prayers this year.
With two Congress leaders being detained by the police in connection with the incident, and another Congress leader intervening and getting them released, there are tensions within the Congress over the intervention of this leader,
Manda Srinivas' wife, Swarnalatha alleged that some Congress activists assaulted Srinivas by stopping his car, while police shifted him while he was being treated at a private hospital to some unknown place.