Former Deputy Chief Minister C. Jagannatha Rao died of a heart attack at his residence at Padmaraonagar here on Monday evening. He was 84 and is survived by wife, a son and two daughters.
Jagannatha Rao served as deputy Chief Minister in the Cabinet of Bhavanam Venkatram in 1982.
He was member of the Legislative Council for one term and represented Narsapur Assembly constituency in Medak district three times. He was Excise Minister earlier in the Cabinet of T. Anjaiah in 1980. He was also president of Narsapur samithi in 1961.
A soft-spoken leader, Jagannatha Rao was in the forefront of separate Telangana agitation in 1969. Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy and TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao condoled his death.
Mr. Reddy visited the residence of the former Deputy Chief Minister and paid tributes to the departed leader.
