Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader and former minister R Damodar Reddy died at a hospital here due to a kidney-related illness.
He was 73.
Damodar Reddy breathed his last at a super-speciality hospital here late on Wednesday, Congress party sources said.
Reddy, who was elected to the assembly for five terms, had served as IT Minister when Y S Rajasekhara Reddy was Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh during 2004-2009.
He had represented the Suryapet and Tungaturti assembly constituencies in the assembly.
Damodar Reddy’s mortal remains would be taken to Suryapet on October 3 to enable people to pay their last respects and his funeral would be held at Tungaturti in Surypet district on October 4, the sources said.
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, state Congress president B Mahesh Kumar Goud, ministers and other leaders condoled the demise of Damodar Reddy.
