Former A.P (undivided) Congress president D. Srinivas passes away
The Hindu
Senior Congress leader Dharmapuri Srinivas passes away at 76, leaving behind a political legacy and grieving family members.
Senior Congress leader and former Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Dharmapuri Srinivas passed away in the early hours of Saturday, June 29, 2024. following a heart attack.
He was 76 and ailing for sometime. He is survived by wife and two sons – Dharmapuri Sanjay, former Nizamabad Mayor and Dharmapuri Arvind, two-time MP from Nizamabad constituency.
The mortal remains of the senior leader has been kept at his residence in MLA Colony for the party leaders to pay their last respects. The body would be shifted to Pragatinagar in Nizamabad this evening. The last rites would be performed on Sunday morning in Nizamabad.
Born on September 27, 1948, Mr. Srinivas rose from the rank of the Youth Congress to become and MLA, Minister and the PCC chief twice.
A graduate from prestigious Nizam College in Hyderabad, Mr. Srinivas first entered the AP Legislative Assembly in 1989 by winning the Nizamabad seat and went on to become a Minister. Following in the footsteps of his uncle and close relative and then Finance Minister Argul Rajaram, the senior Congress leader wove his way with sheer hard work.
He lost the 1994 elections but won in 1999 and 2004 to secure a Cabinet berth in Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s Government in 2004. It was during his two stints as the PCC chief that the Congress party returned to power in 2004 and 2009 when Dr. Rajasekhara Reddy was the Chief Minister.
In fact, soon after the Congress party defeated the TDP in 2004 Assembly elections, along with Dr. Rajasekhara Reddy, the senior leader too had expressed his desire that he should also be considered for the Chief Minister’s post. However, the party chose Dr. Rajasekhara Reddy, who was credited with bringing the Congress party to power through his padayatra.
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