Senior Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha member Dharmapuri Srinivas passed away on Saturday. He was 76. Srinivas was in Congress and then shifted to BRS.
Srinivas is the father of Arvind Dharmapuri the BJP MP.
He breathed his last at 3 am at his residence in Hyderabad. Family members said Srinivas, who was suffering from illness for the past few days, died of a heart attack.
Srinivas, who his wife and two sons survive, was suffering from illness for some time and was staying away from politics.
At present his body is kept at his house in Jubilee Hills. Currently, Congress leaders and workers are coming to see him.
It is learned that in the evening, his body will be moved to his residence in Pragathinagar, Nizamabad. The funeral will be held on Sunday.
Srinivas was born on September 27, 1948 in Nizamabad district. He completed his degree from Nizam College. Later he entered politics and rose step by step in the Congress party.
He entered the arena on behalf of the Congress Party in 1989 and was elected to the Assembly for the first time from Nizamabad Urban.
