Veteran Congress leader and member of Telangana legislative Assembly Kishta Reddy on Tuesday passed away due to a massive heart attack.
He suffered the attack in the sleep and was rushed to the hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
Kishta Reddy (74) was elected four times from Narayankhed Assembly constituency as Congress candidate. He is survived by wife and four sons. Brother-in-law of former member of Parliament from Medak M Baga Reddy, Kishta Reddy rose from the grassroots
level and served from a long time as a village Sarpanch before he was elected to the State Assembly for the first time in 1989.
Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister S Jaipal Reddy and State Congress president Uttar Kumar Reddy were among the leaders who paid tributes to Kishta Reddy.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao condoled the MlA’s death. He recalled his services as MlA and Public Accounts Committee chairman.