Kakinada:

Several politicians expressed their condolences at the passing away of former Union minister Mallipudi Srirama Sanjeeva Rao, 86, on Wednesday afternoon at his residence in Kakinada.

He is best known as the man who brought TV telecast to India, when the Asian Games were held in 1982. He is the father of former Union minister M.M. Pallam Raju and son of former PCC president and freedom fighter late Mangipudi Pallam Raju.

The second generation Congress leader had been suffering from cerebral paralysis for the past two decades. He is survived by two sons, former Union minister M.M. Pallam Raju and businessman M. Anand. His wife Raja Rajeswari passed away 35 years ago.

His family had close political relations with the Nehru family for several decades. His father Mallipudi Pallam Raju had participated in freedom movement along with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

Sanjeeva Rao studied BE in Gundy Engineering College at Madras and Imperial College of Science and Technology at London. He also worked as a research scientist in AII Research Laboratory in London and developed a sophisticated secrecy system for the Army.

He was elected as an MLA in 1970 from Ramachadrapuram constituency and later he was elected as member of Lok Sabha from Kakinada constituency thrice from 1971 to 1984. He held the post of Union minister for electronics and communication. Television in India was first introduced during Mr Rao’s regime and he inaugurated the first TV tower at Kakinada.

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