<p>Senior CPI leader in Telangana and former MLA Gunda Mallesh died at a state-run hospital here on Tuesday while undergoing treatment for various ailments, party sources said.</p>.<p>He was 73.</p>.<p>Mallesh, who had been elected to the Legislative Assembly for four terms, was undergoing treatment at the Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) here, the sources said.</p>.<p>He represented Asifabadin 1983, 1985, 1994 and Bellampalli in 2009 in the undivided Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao condoled the death. In a message, Rao recalled his association with Mallesh and conveyed his condolences to the bereaved family.</p>.<p>CPI general secretary D Raja, his predecessor S Sudhakar Reddy, state Congress president and MP N Uttam Kumar Reddy, TDPs Telangana unit president L Ramana and several other leaders mourned the death.</p>.<p>The demise of Mallesh is a big loss to the party and the Left and democratic movement, a CPI release quoted Raja as saying.</p>.<p>Mallesh was a leader with commitment who fought for the upliftment of the poor, the PCC president said.</p>.<p>Telangana has lost an honest leader with his death, Reddy said.</p>
<p>Senior CPI leader in Telangana and former MLA Gunda Mallesh died at a state-run hospital here on Tuesday while undergoing treatment for various ailments, party sources said.</p>.<p>He was 73.</p>.<p>Mallesh, who had been elected to the Legislative Assembly for four terms, was undergoing treatment at the Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) here, the sources said.</p>.<p>He represented Asifabadin 1983, 1985, 1994 and Bellampalli in 2009 in the undivided Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao condoled the death. In a message, Rao recalled his association with Mallesh and conveyed his condolences to the bereaved family.</p>.<p>CPI general secretary D Raja, his predecessor S Sudhakar Reddy, state Congress president and MP N Uttam Kumar Reddy, TDPs Telangana unit president L Ramana and several other leaders mourned the death.</p>.<p>The demise of Mallesh is a big loss to the party and the Left and democratic movement, a CPI release quoted Raja as saying.</p>.<p>Mallesh was a leader with commitment who fought for the upliftment of the poor, the PCC president said.</p>.<p>Telangana has lost an honest leader with his death, Reddy said.</p>