Narayanpet, Feb. 11 -- Union Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy on Wednesday met the family of Mahadevappa, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from the Makthal Municipality, who allegedly died by hanging in Narayanpet district of Telangana.

Reddy was accompanied by several BJP leaders. The opposition party in Telangana has alleged that Congress leaders were pressuring Mahadevappa to withdraw his nomination for the municipal polls.

On Tuesday, a BJP candidate contesting the Makthal municipality, Erukali Mahadev, elections in Mahbubnagar district, died by suicide, on the last day of campaigning, with his family alleging sustained harassment by political opponents and local leaders.

Family members allege that Mahadev was under severe men...