Ambati a role model politician, says Ravi

Gudivada (Krishna): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Gudivada constituency in-charge Ravi Venkateswara Rao has said departed MLA Ambati Brahmanaiah was a role model for politicians because of his close attachment with people. TDP leaders here on Tuesday paid rich tributes to the party senior leader Ambati who died at the age of 75 recently. The party town unit organised a condolence meeting at local office. TDP State leader CL Venkatrao and others garlanded the portrait of the departed leader and observed silence for a few minutes as a mark of respect to Ambati. Speaking on the occasion, Ravi said that in the death of Ambati, the TDP and people had suffered a great loss. The vacuum created by him was difficult to fill. He had maintained good rapport with people and was known for his value-based politics. He left an indelible impression on the hearts of the people, Ravi said. Recalling his association with Ambati, Mr. Ravi said that the former encouraged him a lot when he was elected to the Assembly for the first time. Ambati told him to address people's problems and always maintain good relations with them. Ambati taught him basics in politics and was his mentor, he said. Mr. Venkatrao, in his address, said Ambati was the only leader who toured 700 villages in Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency. Every village saw fruits of development during his tenure. Born in an agricultural family, he began his political career as ward member and was elevated to MP, Mr. Venkatrao said. TDP leaders K John Samuel, G Sivarama Krishna, K Krishna Rao, B Nageswara Rao, D Rambabu, A Satish, K Sudhakar, L Prasad, B Sivasri, A Rama Sastry, T Mohan Das, R Kamala Kumari, K Suresh, Y Nancharaiah, Y Satish, S Tulasi Rani, P Salmon Raju, P Veerabhadra Rao and others were present.