Once the chairman of TTD during the reign of late Y S Rajasekhar Reddy, Adikesavula Naidu passe away on Wednesday at a super speciality hospital in Bangalore. The liquor baron Naidu has succumbed to the prolonged illness he was suffering from the past few days.
The Lok Sabha member representing Chittoor district during Chandrababu Naidu's regime had split from TDP after differences in opinion with Babu. He later embraced Congress party which was being led by Y S Rajasekhar Reddy at that time. He was the one who made Naidu the chairman of TTD. Adikesavulu was also the owner of severa industries like Karnataka breweries & distilleries, Mallya Hospital and Vydehi Istitute of Medical Sciences. He was being treated in the the same hospital from the past few days, in fact.
He is survived by a son and two daughters. Several Congress leaders have expressed their grief after they heard the sad news and also conveyed their condolences to the family in these troubled times.
(AW- Anil)
