Journalist and TRS MLA from Dubbaka Solipeta Ramalinga Reddy died of a heart attack after a prolonged illness on Thursday. Ramalinga Reddy was 57 years old.
He was admitted to a private hospital after he fell sick. He breathed his last at 2.30 am on Thursday. Ramalinga Reddy's body was shifted to his native village Chittapur for last rites.
The MLA had not been keeping well for quite some time due to some critical health issues. He had been receiving treatment at a private hospital in the city where he breathed his last at around 2:30 am.
According to sources close to his family, Reddy had developed complications due to stoppage of blood circulation to one of his legs. He underwent a surgery at a private hospital in Kompally about 20 days ago.
But unfortunately, the surgery was unsuccessful and with his health condition worsening, his family members shifted him to AIG Hospital in Gacchibowli about a week ago.
Put on a ventillator support, he had been battling for life since then before the end came in the early hours of Thursday.
People of his Dubbaka Assembly constituency and the district are in a state of shock on hearing the news of Ramalinga Reddy's death and struggling to come to terms with it.
Known as one of those very close to TRS chief and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, Reddy also took an active part throughout the separate statehood agitation that his party spearheaded over the last decade.
A four-time MLA, Ramalinga Reddy had been winning continuously from Dubbaka since the time he first contested from here.
Several party leaders including ministers KT Rama Rao, E Dayakar Rao, A Indrakaran Reddy, SC, ST commission chairman E Srinivas, CM KCR's political secretary S Subhash Reddy and others expressed condolences on the death of Ramalinga Reddy.
The leaders said his demise was a big loss for TRS and people of his constituency.
