Senior TDP leader Yanamala Ramakrishnudu hospitalised in Kakinada; CM Naidu enquires about health
Amaravati, Oct 22 (TNT) : Senior Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader and former Andhra Pradesh finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu was hospitalised in Kakinada on Thursday after suddenly falling ill.
Following the development, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu telephoned the veteran leader’s family members and the attending medical team to enquire about his clinical condition and ensure proper care.
Naidu instructed local party leaders and district officials to closely monitor the senior politician’s treatment and provide regular updates on his recovery.
A veteran parliamentarian and core strategist of the party, Ramakrishnudu contested seven assembly elections from the Tuni constituency between 1983 and 2009, winning six successive terms before suffering his only electoral loss there in 2009.
Over a political career spanning more than four decades, he served in the Cabinets of both the first and second N.T. Rama Rao governments. He later held office as Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 1999.
Following the state’s bifurcation, he served as the Minister for Finance, Planning, Commercial Taxes, and Legislative Affairs in the Chandrababu Naidu-led government between June 2014 and May 2019.
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