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Tirupati MLA M Venkataramana passes away while undergoing treatment at Chennai

The MLA is survived by his wife and 2 daughters

Tirupati: Telugu Desam Party MLA M Venkataramana passed away Monday morning while undergoing treatment at Apollo hospital in Chennai.

Tirupati MLA Mr. M Venkataramana suffered a stroke on November 15 and was admitted to Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences in Tirupati.

After undergoing treatment for over a fortnight, the Tirupati MLA who was discharged from SVIMS was shifted to Apollo hospital at Chennai where he underwent a bypass surgery and was to be treated for his kidney related ailments as well.

However the MLA’s condition started deteriorating and his body not responding to the medical treatment, Mr.M Venkataramana passed away this morning at around 7.30 am.

His body is being shifted to his residence in Tirupati in a special ambulance and is to reach around the afternoon.

Mr Venkataramana, a former Congress man shifted over to the Telugu Desam party ahead of the 2014 general elections and won with a comfortable majority.

He is survived by his wife and two daughters.

Senior leaders of the Telugu Desam party including Andhra Pradesh minister for Environment and Forests Mr.Bojjala Gopalakrishna Reddy, former minister Gali Muddukrishnama Naidu, Mrs.Galla Aruna Kumari and other TD leaders expressed shock over the untimely death of the Tirupati MLA Mr.M Venkataramana on Monday.

( Source : dc correspondent )
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