KURNOOL: YSR Congress MLC Challa Ramakrishna Reddy passed away while undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at a private nursing home in Hyderabad.
This three-time MLA was a maverick politician who survived a bomb attack on a prison cell in 1977 at Koilkuntla. He played the lead character in the 1987 Jandhyala directed “Satyagraham” and was cast opposite Sarita.
A nature lover and deeply rooted in agriculture, he is a recipient of the coveted Krishi Pandit award. A man of literature, he penned several poems and was a columnist with Vaartha and Sakshi newspapers. In a recent interaction with this correspondent, Challa said he was happy that his dreams had come true with the Owk reservoir that draws Krishna river water from the Pothireddypadu head regulator.
The senior politician was admitted in a hospital at Hyderabad on December 13 with mild fever. He tested positive for the virus.
He represented the Panyam Assembly constituency in 1981 on a TD ticket. After moving to…