Former Minister Bojjala Is No More

Veteran Telugu Desam Party leader and former Andhra Pradesh minister Bojjala Gopalakrishna Reddy died in Hyderabad following a heart attack on Friday, party sources here said. He was 73.

He had been suffering from age-related illness for some time.

Bojjala, as he is known, was one of the close associates of TDP chief and former AP chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.

He began his career as a lawyer and joined the TDP following a call given by party founder N T Rama Rao.

The senior politician served as an MLA for five terms from Srikalahasthi constituency in Chittoor district (now Tirupati district).