Ananda Gajapathi Raju (Former Andhra Pradesh minister) brother of Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju died at a private hospital in Visakhapatnam on saturday after suffering a heart attack. He was at the age-of 66. He, was not keeping well for the last couple of months and suffered a cardiac arrest after which he was taken to Manipal Hospital in Visakhapatnam, nearly 66 kms from Vizianagaram family members said. � Raju, who hailed from the titular family of Vizianagaram, started his political career with TDP in 1983 and won state assembly elections the same year. He became Member of Parliament on a TDP ticket in 1984 from Bobbili constituency in Vizianagaram district and won the same seat as a Congress candidate in 1991. Raju also held Health and Education portfolios in the NT Rama Rao government.
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