T’gana’s first home minister Narasimha Reddy passes away

Hyderabad, Oct 22 : Telangana’s former Home Minister and senior leader of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Nayani Narasimha Reddy passed away in the early hours of Thursday after a brief illness. He was 76.
Narasimha Reddy breathed his last at the Apollo Hospital, where he was under treatment for lung infection, his family members said.
He was admitted to hospital for health complications post his recovery from Covid-19. Doctors said his lungs were damaged.
Born on May 12, 1944 in Nalgonda district, he had participated in the Telangana movement of the 1970s. He also played an active role in the movement after it was revived by K. Chandrasekhar Rao by floating the TRS in 2001.
He began his political career as a trade union leader. A leader of the Janata Party in undivided Andhra Pradesh, he was elected thrice to the State Assembly from Musheerabad constituency in Hyderabad.
Narasimha Reddy was first elected to the Assembly in 1978. He was re-elected in 1985. After joining TRS in 2001, he was again elected to the Assembly in 2004 and served as the technical education minister from 2004 to 2006 in the coalition government led by Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy.