YSR Congress MLC Challa Ramakrishna Reddy succumbs to Covid Updated Jan 2, 2021, 12:05 am IST A nature lover and deeply rooted in agriculture, he is a recipient of the coveted Krishi Pandit award He started his political life with the Telugu Desam Party in 1981 and later joined Congress party. He returned to TD in 2014 and later shifted to the YSR Congress in March 2019. He was made a member of legislative council 2019 (DC Image) KURNOOL: YSR Congress MLC Challa Ramakrishna Reddy passed away while undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at a private nursing home in Hyderabad. This three-time MLA was a maverick politician who survived a bomb attack on a prison cell in 1977 at Koilkuntla. He played the lead character in the 1987 Jandhyala directed "Satyagraham" and was cast opposite Sarita.