Kodumur Congress MLA dies after brief illness

Hyderabad, Jul 26 (UNI) Senior Congress leader and Kodumur MLA S Shikhamani today breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) following a brief illness.

Shikhamani (76) is survived by his wife, three sons and three daughters.

He had been the Congress MLA from kodumur constituency since 1994 when he joined the party. Earlier, he was elected as an MLA in 1984 on the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) ticket.

Mr Shikhamani had served as Munagalapadu village Sarpanch in Kurnool district for over 20 years, before getting elected as an MLA.

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