TDP leaders mourn Kodela's death in Visakhapatnam

Visakhapatnam: Telugu Desam Party leaders in the city have expressed shock over the death of former Speaker Kodela Siva Prasada Rao.

Former MLA and party leader Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy, while addressing the media here on Monday, alleged that the YSRCP government drove him to take the extreme step by foisting several false cases against his kin.

The TDP leader recalled that the former speaker was telling the party leaders about the mental agony he was undergoing due to harassment by the YSRCP government.

Party urban district president S A Rahman said the death of Siva Prasada Rao was a great loss to the party.

Party leader and MLA Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu and others expressed grief over the death of Siva Prasada Rao.