AP: Ex-Minister Shetrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju passes away

Vijayawada, Nov 12 (UNI) Telugu Desam party leader, senior politician and former Minister Shetrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju passed away on Thursday while undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Visakhapatnam. He was 78. Family members said that Vijaya Rama Raju had been ill for the last few months and had been undergoing treatment in a private hospital and died today. He joined the Janata Party in 1978 and was elected to the Legislative Assembly from Naguru. Later he joined the Congress party and was elected to the Assembly in 1983 and 1985. He was elected to Lok Sabha from Parvathipuram…