Former MLA and Congress leader Seshagiri Rao passes away

Former MLA and Congress senior leader of Bapatla in Guntur district passed away. He had been ill for some time and was being treated at a private hospital in Hyderabad and breathed his last on Monday morning.

In 1994-99, he contested from the Bapatla constituency on behalf of the TDP and won over Kaththi Padmarao. After joining the Congress, he lost to Mantena Ananta Verma. Seshagiri Rao served as the President of the Guntur District Congress Committee and the Secretary-General of the State. Congress leaders expressed their shock over the death of the senior leader.