Nearly two decades, he arrived in Sirpur Kagaznagar assembly constituency as a young IPS officer with the aim of curbing left wing extremism. Now, cop-turned-politician R.S.Praveen Kumar is seeking people’s mandate to become an MLA from the ‘No.1 constituency’ (Sirpur’s serial number is one). This is the third innings of his professional life. Between his long stint as a police officer across undivided Andhra Pradesh and his recent foray into politics, he served as secretary of Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society, enjoying a great degree of success with his trailblazing initiatives.
Now, as the Telangana chief of Bahujan Samaj Party, he has chosen Sirpur for his debut in electoral politics and is confident of repeating similar success. He spoke to Marri Ramu in a no-holds-barred interview. Edited excerpts:
