The leaders of Girijana Sankshema Sangam and other organizations expressed grief over the death of CPI (M) leader and former Bhadrachalam MLA Kunja Bojji, 95.
The communist leader, who began his career as a courier for ‘Veera Telangana Viplava Dalam’ in the 1950s, took part in the armed struggle in Telangana and fought in the villages of the Tribal Rights Agency.
He died on Monday of an extended illness in a private hospital in Bhadrachalam, Kothagudem-Bhadradri district in Telangana state. Bojji served three times as MLA for the constituency of the Bhadrachalam assembly in the formerly unified Andhra Pradesh.
Bojji comes from the village of Adavi Venkannagudem in VR Puram Mandal in the Andhra Pradesh agency’s territory and is survived by two sons and three daughters. His wife Subbalakshmi died three years ago.
Activists from Adivasi Hakkula Sangam and other leaders expressed condolences to Kunja Bojji’s family members. Tribesmen paid tribute to the former MLA in several villages in the agency’s territory.
Sympathy meeting
A sympathy meeting of the former MLA will take place on Tuesday in the village of Adavi Venkannagudem. Leaders from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states will attend the meeting and pay tribute to Kunja Bojji, party leaders said.