09-06-2025
Jubilee Hills MLA Maganti passes away
Hyderabad: Jubilee Hills BRS legislator Maganti Gopinath, who had been hospitalized following a massive heart attack, passed away at 5.45 am on Sunday. The Telangana government performed the last rites of the legislator with state honours.
Maganti Gopinath was admitted into AIG Hospitals on June 5 after a heart attack and was under observation of doctors for 48 hours. He was declared dead at 5.45 am by the doctors. He was said to be suffering also with kidney problems for the past few months.
Maganti Gopinath was born to Krishnamurthy and Maha Nanda Kumari. He started his political career with Telugu Desam in 1983.
From 1985 to 1992, he worked as Telugu Yuvatha State president. He had also served as the Director of Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA) in 1987, 1988. He served as the chairman of Consumers Forum from 1988 to 1993. He was appointed as the Hyderabad District Telugu Desam president.
Gopinath entered the Assembly in 2014, having contested on the ticket of Telugu Desam, which was then in alliance with the BJP. He joined the BRS (TRS then) in 2016 and won on the BRS ticket in the 2018 Assembly elections. He was appointed as member of the Public Estimates Committee (PEC) in the Assembly. He won the 2023 election by defeating cricketer-turned-politician Mohd Azharuddin.
Maganti Gopinath was interested in the film industry and he produced a few films including Patabasti (1995), Ravanna (2000), Bhadradri Ramudu (2004), Naa Style Veru (2009). He is survived by wife Sunitha, son Vatsalyanath, daughters Akshara Nag and Dishira.
BRS leaders mourned the death of their leader at a young age. BRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao visited the residence of Gopinath and paid floral tributes. KCR consoled the bereaved wife and children of Gopinath. He gave them courage. He took his son Vatsalyanath close to him and consoled him. He assured them that the party would stand by them in difficult times.
KCR got emotional on seeing the mortal remains of Gopinath, who was a gentleman. BRS party Working President KT Rama Rao, his wife Shailima, son Himanshu Rao, and his family members were standing by and consoling them. KTR said that the sudden death of BRS Hyderabad president Maganti Gopinath was a huge loss for the party. KTR rushed to the hospital in the morning along with his wife Shailima and their son Himanshu after knowing the death of Gopinath.
KTR said that his 'brother', the gentle-natured Gopinath, had risen step by step in politics and was elected MLA three times in a row and gained recognition as a public leader. KTR said that his services to the people of the constituency would never be forgotten, and it was very painful to lose a good leader.
Party senior leaders T Harish Rao, MPs KR Suresh Reddy, Damodar Rao, Vaddiraju Ravichandra, MLAs Vemula Prashanth Reddy, Devireddy Sudheer Reddy, Madhavaram Krishna Rao, Kaleru Venkatesh, Kotha Prabhakar Reddy, MLCs Dasoju Sravan, Pochampally Srinivas Reddy, former MP Jogina Palli Santosh Kumar and others
paid tributes.
