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Rahul Gandhi condoles Jaipal reddy's death

Rahul Gandhi condoles Jaipal reddy's death

| @indiablooms | 28 Jul 2019, 05:07 am

Hyderabad, Jul 28 (IBNS/UNI) Outgoing All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday condoled the death of former Union Minister and senior party veteran S Jaipal Reddy, who passed away at a private hospital here early on Sunday.

On Twitter, he wrote: "I'm sorry to hear about the sad demise of former Union Minister & veteran Congress leader Shri Jaipal Reddy garu. An outstanding parliamentarian, great son of Telangana, he dedicated his entire life towards public service."

"My deepest condolences to his family & friends," he said.

Earlier the Congress party also condoled the loss.

Reddy was 77 and is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.

He was admitted to the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology in Gachibowli on July 20 with high fever and was undergoing treatment.

Sudini Jaipal Reddy was born on January 16, 1942 in Nermatta, a village in Chandur Mandal in Nalgonda District in Telangana but is actually from Maadgula, Mahbubnagar district in Telangana.

He was the member of the 15th Lok Sabha and was the Minister of Science and Technology.

He represented the Chevella constituency of Telangana and is a member of the Indian National Congress.

He served as a Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting in IK Gujral cabinet in 1998. In 1999 he returned to Indian National Congress after 21 years. In 2004 he was re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha from Miryalguda Constituency and then he served as a Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Union Minister for Urban Development in United Progressive Alliance-1 government.

In 2009 he was re-elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the Chevella constituency and served as a Union Minister for Urban Development and Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas.

Reddy was the Union Minister for the Ministry of Earth Sciences and the Ministry of Science and Technology from Oct 29, 2012, to May 18 2014.

During his political career, Reddy served as a Lok Sabha MP for five times, elected to the Rajya Sabha two times and was an MLA for four times.

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