Former Minister Harish Rao’s father passes away

Former Minister and Siddipet BRS MLA T Harish Rao’s father, Tanneeru Satyanarayana Rao, passed away in Hyderabad on Tuesday due to age-related ailments. Prominent leaders, including KCR, KTR, and CM Revanth Reddy, offered condolences as BRS suspended its programmes.

Hyderabad: Former Minister and Siddipet BRS MLA T Harish Rao’s father, Tanneeru Satyanarayana Rao, passed away in the early hours of Tuesday. He was 75.

A native of Karimnagar district, Satyanarayana Rao had been suffering from age-related health issues for some time. The body of Satyanarayana Rao, who was widely respected for his simplicity and social service in his native village Kothapalli, was kept at Harish Rao’s residence in Kokapet to allow relatives, well-wishers and party leaders to pay their last respects. The last rites were performed at the Mahaprasthanam crematorium in Film Nagar on Tuesday afternoon.

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Prominent political leaders, including BRS president and former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, working president KT Rama Rao, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and several Ministers, MLAs and senior party functionaries, expressed their condolences.

Chandrashekhar Rao, who shared a close personal bond with his brother-in-law Satyanarayana Rao, husband of his seventh elder sister Lakshmi, expressed shock over his demise. Immediately after learning about the passing, he spoke to Harish Rao over phone and conveyed his deepest sympathies. He prayed for peace to the departed soul and recalled their long association. Later, he visited the family at Harish Rao’s residence in Kokapet and offered floral tributes to Satyanarayana Rao’s mortal remains. He consoled his elder sister Lakshmi, Harish Rao and other grieving family members.

BRS working president Rama Rao rushed to Harish Rao’s residence upon hearing the news and paid floral tributes to Satyanarayana Rao. As a mark of respect, he announced the cancellation of all BRS party programmes and the Jubilee Hills by-election campaign for the day.

Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy extended his sympathies, praying for the departed soul to rest in peace and for strength to the bereaved family. Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad, Council Chairman Gutha Sukhender Reddy, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, Ministers Ponnam Prabhakar, D Sridhar Babu, G Vivek Venkataswamy, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, BRS leaders G Jagadish Reddy, S Niranjan Reddy, Vemula Prashanth Reddy, Talasani Srinivas Yadav, P Sabitha Indra Reddy and several others also extended condolences.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Jana Sena chief and Deputy Chief Minister K Pawan Kalyan, Minister Nara Lokesh, and YSRCP president and former Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy also conveyed condolences to Harish Rao and his family.

BRS cadres, supporters and admirers of Harish Rao from across the political spectrum visited his residence since morning, expressing solidarity with the family. Many of them also attended the funeral at Mahaprasthanam in Film Nagar.