Senior TDP leader Yerran Naidu dies in a car crash

Senior Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader K Yerran Naidu(55) died in a car accident on Nov 01,2012 Thursday night.

Yerran Naidu was returning after an event in Vizag when his car hit a petrol tanker near Ranasthalam in Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh.

Naidu was immediately taken to a local hospital, where the doctors declared him dead at 3.30 am on Nov 02,2012 Friday morning.

• Yerran Naidu joined the Telugu Desam Party immediately after its formation in 1982, Yerran Naidu was elected to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for four times since 1983 and as many times to Lok Sabha since 1996. 

• Yerran Naidu hailing from Nimmada village in Srikakulam district, the parliamentarian made a mark for himself in the political arena and grew in ranks.

• Yerran Naidu became Telugu Desam's face in New Delhi as he built the party's ties with other national and regional parties. 

• Yerran Naidu, however, lost the Lok Sabha election from Srikakulam in 2009.The only other time he faced defeat in his 30-year-old political career was when he contested the Lok Sabha polls for the first time in 1991.

• A qualified lawyer, Yerran Naidu served as Union Minister for Rural Development in the United Front government between 1996 and 1998. 

• Yerran Naidu was also Leader of Telugu Desam Parliamentary Party between 1998 and 2009.