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Published 09:26 IST, June 29th 2024

Veteran Congress Leader Dharmapuri Srinivas Dies

He was the PCC president during the 2004 and 2009 assembly and general elections. He was also a minister in former CM YS Rajasekhar Reddy's cabinet.

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Hyderabad: Former erstwhile Andhra Pradesh Pradesh Congress Committee president and former minister Dharmapuri Srinivas died on Saturday. He was 76. According to his family, he had been suffering from illness for some time and breathed his last due to a heart attack at 3 am on Saturday. 

Srinivas has served as Minister, MP and PCC president in the erstwhile AP. He is survived by his two sons. His second son, Dharmapuri Arvind, is currently the MP of Nizamabad. His elder son Sanjay has previously served as the Mayor of Nizamabad.

Telangana Minister for Transport and BC Welfare Ponnam Prabhakar has expressed his condolences over the death of Srinivas. On this occasion, Minister Ponnam Prabhakar remembered his services as Minister and PCC Chief. He remembered his association with him at the party for a long time. He conveyed his condolences to the family members and prayed to God to give more courage to their family members in this difficult time.

Telangana Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development (including Rural Water Supply), Women and Child Welfare, Dansari Anasuya Seethakka, expressed her deepest condolences on the death of Srinivas. She prayed to God to rest his soul in peace.

Updated 09:26 IST, June 29th 2024