Hyderabad, July 31 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and former MLA Sudarshan Reddy passed away on Friday, July 31, at the Yashoda Hospital in Secunderabad. He was admitted to the hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest last week.

Doctors at the hospital confirmed his demise after he remained on ventilator support and was unresponsive. On July 26, Reddy suffered a cardiac arrest at his residence in Hanamkonda district.

The doctors worked for nearly an hour and administered CPR nine times, eventually restoring partial cardiac activity before shifting him to Yashoda Hospital in Secunderabad for advanced treatment. At Yashoda Hospital, Reddy remained on a ventilator and showed no neurological response.

Medical examinations, includi...