Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party pioneer Chandupatla Janga Reddy died on Saturday morning in Hyderabad following medical problems. He was 86.
Reddy died at KIMS Hospital Kondapur in Hyderabad at around 6 am. He was going through treatment at the medical clinic for 4-5 days because of wellbeing concerns. A local of Warangal, Reddy was one of the two BJP MPs chose for the Lok Sabha in 1984 and a previous MLA in Andhra Pradesh.
State head Narendra Modi, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and other political pioneers mourned Reddy’s downfall.
“Reddy Garu was a compelling voice for the BJP at an exceptionally basic period of the Party’s direction. Addressed his child and communicated sympathies. Om Shanti,” Modi tweeted.
“Shri C Janga Reddy Garu gave his life to public assistance. He was a vital piece of the endeavors to take the Jana Sangh and BJP higher than ever of achievement. He made a spot in the hearts and brains of a few group. He likewise inspired numerous Karyakartas. Disheartened by his downfall,” he said.
As indicated by a PTI report, Reddy had filled in as a MLA in the unified Andhra Pradesh gathering yet it was his Lok Sabha win in 1984 from Hanamkonda that brought him political notoriety. His success implied that he was one of the main two champs the party had in the surveys while its driving lights, including Atal Bihari Vajpayee, lost in the favorable to Congress wave brought about by the death of then state head Indira Gandhi.
Reddy had crushed Congress robust P V Narasimha Rao, who proceeded to turn into India’s head of the state in 1991.
The burial service is probably going to be hung on the evening of February 5 (Saturday) at Warangal.
