Bhaskar Rao breathed his last at a super-speciality hospital while undergoing treatment for age-related ailments, a Jana Sena Party release said.
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His son, Nadendla Manohar, a key leader of the Jana Sena Party, is currently serving as the Civil Supplies Minister in Andhra Pradesh.
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu, Andhra Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, Union Ministers G Kishan Reddy and Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao, and several other leaders condoled his death.
Expressing grief over Bhaskar Rao’s demise, Revanth Reddy said the departed leader had served the people in various capacities as MLA, minister, and MP.
Naidu spoke to Rao’s son, Nadendla Manohar, over the phone and conveyed his condolences, a press release said.
Pawan Kalyan also conveyed his condolences to Manohar and other family members.
YSRCP chief Jagan Mohan Reddy termed Bhaskar Rao’s death an irreparable loss to the state and expressed his condolences to the bereaved family.
Bhaskar Rao, who was a minister in the cabinet of N T Rama Rao, had rebelled against him and briefly served as CM.
However, his tenure lasted only a month, after which NTR returned as CM following a massive “Save Democracy” movement led by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).
N Chandrababu Naidu played a key role in the campaign to restore NTR as CM.
Bhaskar Rao was later elected to the Lok Sabha on a Congress ticket in 1998. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2019 in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
His body will be kept at his residence in Jubilee Hills for friends, relatives, fans, and well-wishers to pay their last respects.
His final rites will be performed at Panjagutta in Hyderabad on April 24, the press release said.
