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Simhadri Satyanarayana Rao dead

S. Satyanarayana

VIJAYAWADA: Former Minister Simhadri Satyanarayana Rao, known as a politician with honesty and integrity and who held the portfolios of Endowments and Commercial Taxes in the governments of N.T. Rama Rao and N. Chandrababu Naidu, died here on Friday. He was 82. He represented Avanigadda constituency in the Assembly for three terms. His son Chandrasekhar is an oncologist based in Hyderabad.

Satyanarayana Rao was undergoing treatment for kidney failure in Nagarjuna Hospital at Kanuru near here and breathed his last after battling for life for three months.

He joined the Telugu Desam Party under the leadership of NTR after giving up his 30 years of lucrative law practice. In the 1985 mid-term elections to the Assembly, Satyanarayana Rao trounced Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao, who had a long and unconquered stint as MLA from Avanigadda constituency. He was known for his commitment to the development of temples during his two terms and was referred to as ‘devudi mantri' (minister of gods).

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