Telugu Desam Party MLA Venkatramana passes away

CHENNAI: Telugu Desam Party MLA M Venkataramana passed away at a private hospital today.

He is survived by his wife and two daughters. The 67-year-old two time MLA, representing Tirupati, was under treatment at the hospital for the past eight days for a kidney ailment. He underwent a cardiac bypass surgery yesterday.

In 2004, he was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly on a Congress ticket and in 2014 he won as a TDP nominee.

Tirupati MP and YSR Congress leader Varaprasad was among those who visited the hospital to pay last respects to the departed MLA.