Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, BRS working president KT Rama Rao cutting across party lines paid rich tributes to veteran Communist leader and former CPI national general secretary Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy at Makhdoom Bhavan here on Sunday.
Revanth Reddy placed floral tributes before the mortal remains and hailed Sudhakar Reddy as a leader who grew with uncompromising principles and fought relentlessly for the poor and the masses. Calling him the pride of Palamuru, the Chief Minister said Sudhakar Reddy’s legacy would
be honoured by the government, which would soon initiate a programme in his memory after Cabinet deliberations.
BRS working president KT Rama Rao paid floral tributes and consoled the bereaved family on behalf of his party and its chief and former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao. He termed Sudhakar Reddy’s demise as an irreplaceable loss. He recalled the veteran leader’s active role in people’s movements, his leadership of the CPI for seven years, and his crucial support for the Telangana statehood cause.