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 battling health issues for several months, succumbed to his illness despite medical efforts, according to sources close to the family.
His condition had deteriorated rapidly in recent days. Reddy represented the Tungaturthi and Suryapet Assembly constituencies multiple times. During the tenure of the late Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy.
Damodar Reddy served as the Minister for Information Technology. Reddy’s final rites will be performed on the evening of October 4 at Tungaturthi in Suryapet district.
