Senior TDP leader and Nandigama MLA Tangirala Prabhakar rao died with heart attack at Mother Theresa Hospital on Sunday late night. He won from Nandigama in Krishna district twice. Unfortunately, he died just three days before taking oath as MLA on June 19th.

Tangirala was basically lawyer by profession and also served as Nandigama BAR association president before joining TDP in 1983. He was very close friend of Minister Deveneni Uma Maheswara rao. They both visited Pulichintala project on yesterday morning.

Chief Minister Chandrababu, who is supposed to visit his Kuppam constituency today morning, has postponed his program to today evening to attend Tangirala funeral. CM Chandrababu, Minister Ravella Kishore, Gannavaram MLA Vallabhaneni Vamshi, Vijayawada MP Keseneni Nani, MP Sujana Chowdary expressed grief over his sudden death. They also may attend his funeral today.