Srinivas worked behind the scenes mostly when the UPA was in power between 2004 and 2014, laying a substratum for the party to finally deliver a separate state in 2014.
Congress leader Dharmapuri Srinivas (Mohammad Ali Shabbir/ X)
Dharmapuri Srinivas, 75, a towering senior Congress leader, passed away, in Hyderabad on Saturday, 29 June, leaving his mark on the struggle for Telangana state. Srinivas, who preferred dialogue to confrontation, worked behind the scenes mostly during UPA years between 2004 and 2014, laying a foundation for Congress to think and act on a separate state in 2014..