He was interested in Marxism from a very young age, and joined the Telangana Rebellion with the guerillas "“Telangana Raithanga Sayudha Poratam”" (Telangana Armed Struggle), inspired by Maddikayala Omkar of the (Communist Party of India), who struggled for freedom and went against the rule of the Nizam of Hyderabad, Osman Ali Khan.