Veteran lawyer and former MLC M. Ganga Reddy died after brief illness at his residence in Nizamabad early on Friday. He was 87. He is survived by two sons. Courts in the district declared a holiday after expressing condolence to his demise.
Coming from a family of lawyers Mr. Ganga Reddy served the bar for more than 60 years. He was the member of AP Legislative Council in the early 1980s and unsuccessfully contested from the Nizamabad Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies on a Janata Party ticket. He had come to be known as PP Ganga Reddy as he served as public prosecutor and government pleader for a long time.
Former President of India Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy, former Prime Ministers Charan Singh, Chandrashekar and Atal Bihari Vajpayee used to stay at his home in Nizamabad during their visits to the district. He was also the president the district Olympic association. It won’t be an exaggeration to say that almost half the bar members in the district worked as his juniors.
The Bar Association of Nizamabad, judicial officers and people from all walks of life paid tributes to him. The funeral will be held on Saturday.
