Former TDP MLA Ravi Sobhanadri passes away

Gudivada: Former MLA and senior TDP leader Ravi Sobhanadri passed away on Thursday.

He was 95 and was ailing for sometime. Sobhanadri, who has been associated with the TDP from its inception, was elected MLA in 1985 and 1994. He was the chairman of the Gudivada Urban cooperative Bank for over 25 years and was the state finance corporation director for five years.

His son Ravi Venkateswara Rao has unsuccessfully contested the election in 2014 and lost to YSRCP’s Kodali Nani. Several TDP leaders and supporters have condoled the death of Sobhanadri.