Hyderabad: Nagarkurnool former MP Manda Jagannadham passed away at the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Science here on Sunday. He was 72.
The four-time MP is survived by two daughters and a son.
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy expressed his condolences to the family members of Jagannadham. The CM lauded Jagannadham’s role as MP from Nagarkurnool and as a votary of Telangana and for playing a key role in the formation of the state. “His death is a loss to the state,” the Chief Minister said.
AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, in his condolence message, recalled that Jagannadham was elected thrice on a Telugu Desam ticket and had served the public.
BRS chief and leader of the opposition K. Chandrasekhar Rao and party leaders K.T. Rama Rao and T. Harish Rao extended their condolences to Jagannadham’s family. Union minister Bandi Sanjay, state ministers Danasari Anasuya Seethakka and Konda Surekha also extended their condolences to the family.
Jagannadham was thrice elected MP on a TD ticket from Nagarkurnool in 1996, 1999, and 2004, and on a Congress ticket in 2009. He lost by a slender margin in 2014 when he contested from the BRS. He was official representative of the Telangana government in New Delhi with Cabinet rank for two years.
Jagannadham suffered a cardiac arrest and could not be revived, doctors said. The hospital said he was suffering from diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease, chronic kidney disease and was on haemodialysis twice a week.
