Senior Telugu Desam Party leader and former minister Bojjala Gopala Krishna Reddy passed away following a cardiac arrest at a private hospital in Hyderabad on Friday evening.
He was aged 73. He was survived by his wife and son Bojjala Sudheer Reddy.
He had been suffering from Alzheimers and Parkinson’s Disease for quite some time. He suffered from Covid-19 in January this year and was recovering from its after-effects.
On Friday afternoon, he reportedly suffered stroke and fell unconscious at his residence. He was rushed to the hospital. The doctors tried to revive him, but in vain.
Gopala Krishna Reddy represented the Srikalahasthi constituency of Chittoor district in the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh State Assembly for four terms since 1989.
He was elected to the Assembly of the truncated Andhra Pradesh again in 2014 after the formation of Telangana State.
Known to be a close associate of the then Chief Minister and TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu, Gopala Krishna Reddy sustained injuries in the sensational Alipiri blast in Tirumala. He served as Minister for Forests and later as IT Minister in erstwhile Andhra Pradesh.
In a statement, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao mourned the sudden demise of Gopala Krishna Reddy and extended condolences to the bereaved family members.
He expressed his grief over losing an old friend and Cabinet colleague in the the TDP government, stating that people lost an able leader. He recalled his long association and their meeting after Telangana formation.
Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy, Ministers S Niranjan Reddy, Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Koppula Eeshwar and several other also mourned the death of Bojjala Gopalakrishna Reddy.
