Hyderabad, April 23 -- Veteran politician Nadenla Bhaskar Rao, who founded the Telugu Desam Party along with legendary Telugu actor N T Rama Rao in 1982 and served as the chief minister of erstwhile combined Andhra Pradesh for one month in 1984, died at 90 in Hyderabad on Wednesday after a prolonged illness , his family members said.

He is survived by his son Nadendla Manohar, Andhra Pradesh civil supplies minister and a Jana Sena Party MLA from Tenali.

Bhaskar Rao was under treatment for respirator issues for the last month, said a family member, adding that he died around noon.

Born on June 23, 1935, Bhaskar Rao entered electoral politics in 1978 by winning the Vijayawada (East) assembly seat on behalf a Congress ticket and serveing ...