Congress party leader Nagella Sivarama Prasad died late on Saturday night after suffering a massive heart attack.
He was a political adversary of assassinated MLA Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga Rao. He contested against Ranga Rao's widow Ratna Kumari on TDP ticket only to be defeated. He recently joined Congress and was working in close association with Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal. Prasad even participated in the unveiling of K.L.Rao's statue by Mr Rajagopal on Saturday evening.