Senior BJP leader and former union minister Ale Narendra, who had been ailing for some time, breathed his last in the Care Hospital at Nampally.
He was 68 and left behind his wife Lalitha, two sons and a daughter.
Narendra, who was known as “Tiger” Narendra in political circles and in the Old City of Hyderabad was born in Hyderabad on August 1, 1946. He represented Medak in the Lok Sabha for two terms. Narendra began his political career with BJP and was elected to Assembly from Himayat Nagar for the first time.
But later he had formed Telangana Sadhana Samithi for achievement of Telangana State. However, he later merged his TSS into Telangana Rashtra Samithi floated by K. Chandrasekhara Rao. Narendra was in politics for over 40 years. He was suspended from the TRS due to his differences with party supremo KCR following some differences. Later, he went on joining other political parties for a short time.
Narendra returned to BJP two years ago when the BJP joined the chorus for separate Telangana State.
