Senior Congress leader and government pleader passes away

Karimnagar district's senior Congress leader and senior lawyer Menneni Hanmantha Rao (81) passed away after a prolonged illness in Hyderabad today.

Rao worked as a government pleader in the Karimnagar district court during his long legal career.

He is survived by his wife and four daughters.

Karimnagar Principal District Judge B Nagamaruthi Sarma, Karimnagar MP Ponnam Prabhakar, Congress whip in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly A Mohan, Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation M Satyanarayana Rao, Telangana Rashtra Samiti MLA Koppula Eashwar and several others paid their respects to Rao.