Former Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM Alla Nani dies of cardiac arrest in Visakhapatnam; he was 56

Former Deputy Chief Minister Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas, popularly known as Alla Nani, died of cardiac arrest in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday (September 15, 2026). He was 56.

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said in a post on X that he was deeply shocked by the sudden death, and that it was heartbreaking that Mr. Alla Nani had died so young. He expressed his condolences to the family.

Born in Sanivarapu Peta in Eluru on December 30, 1969, he won the town’s Assembly seat for the Congress in 2004 and 2009, quit the party in 2012 and joined the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) the next year. He lost Eluru in 2014, entered the Legislative Council in 2017 and won the seat back in 2019.

He was Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education from June 2019 to April 2022, holding the health portfolio through the COVID-19 pandemic until the Cabinet was reshuffled. He lost Eluru in 2024 by over 62,000 votes, resigned from the YSRCP on August 9 that year saying he was leaving politics, and joined the Telugu Desam Party in February 2025.

YSRCP president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, in whose Cabinet Mr. Alla Nani served, said he was deeply shocked and shaken by the death, the party said in a post on X. He recalled his three terms as Eluru MLA and his service as Deputy Chief Minister and Health Minister, and called the death an irreparable loss to the family and to his admirers.

Former Rajya Sabha member V. Vijayasai Reddy also condoled the death. “His dedicated public service and contribution to the state will always be remembered,” he wrote on X.

IT Minister Nara Lokesh said in a post on X that the news had caused profound shock, and remembered Mr. Alla Nani as a leader who stayed away from controversies and dealt amicably with everyone.