Senior Congress leader Ramreddy Damodar Reddy. Picture: X/@revanth_anumula
Senior Congress leader and former Minister Ramreddy Damodar Reddy (73) passed away late on Wednesday (October 1, 2025) night in a hospital while undergoing treatment. His last rites will be performed on October 5 in Thungathurthy in Suryapet district.
A five-time MLA, Mr. Damodar Reddy, one of the senior Congress leader from the high profile Nalgonda district, represented Thungathurthy constituency four times and moved to neighbouring Suryapet Assembly seat after delimitation.
He made his debut as an MLA from Thungathurthy in 1985, winning on a Congress ticket, and went on to represent the constituency in 1989, 1999 and 2004. In 2009, he won from Suryapet.
He was inducted into the Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Cabinet as Information Technology Minister in 2004 but missed the bus in 2009 when his elder brother Ramreddy Venkat Reddy was taken into the Cabinet.
A staunch Statehood protagonist, Mr. Damodar Reddy time and again raised his voice in support of a separate Telangana State.
However, after the creation of Telangana, he contested Assembly elections from Suryapet constituency in 2014, 2018 and 2023 but lost to Bharat Rashtra Samiti candidate G. Jagadish Reddy.
Condolences pours in
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy led the Congress leaders in condoling the demise of Mr. Damodar Reddy. Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, several Cabinet Ministers and Congress leaders also mourned the loss. Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar and his wife N. Padmavathi, MLA from Kodad, paid their tributes to Mr. Damodar Reddy’s body, which is kept in a private hospital.
Published – October 02, 2025 04:04 pm IST
