Former Deputy Chief Minister Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas, popularly known as Alla Nani, died of cardiac arrest in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday (September 15, 2026). He was 56.

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said in a post on X that he was deeply shocked by the sudden death, and that it was heartbreaking that Mr. Alla Nani had died so young. He expressed his condolences to the family.

ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ రాష్ట్ర మాజీ ఉప ముఖ్యమంత్రి ఆళ్ల నాని గారి (కాళీ కృష్ణ శ్రీనివాస్) హఠాన్మరణం నాకు తీవ్ర దిగ్భ్రాంతి కలిగించింది. 56 సంవత్సరాల వయసులోనే గుండెపోటుతో ఆయన దూరమవ్వడం బాధాకరం. ఆయన కుటుంబానికి నా ప్రగాఢ సానుభూతి వ్యక్తం చేస్తున్నాను. ఆళ్ల నాని గారి ఆత్మకు శాంతిని… pic.twitter.com/IlA7QrLDXP

— N Chandrababu Naidu (@ncbn) September 15, 2026

Born in Sanivarapu Peta in Eluru on December 30, 1969, he won the town’s Assembly seat for the Congress in 2004 and 2009, quit the party in 2012 and joined the YSR Congress Party the next year. He lost Eluru in 2014, entered the Legislative Council in 2017 and won the seat back in 2019.

He was Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education from June 2019 to April 2022, holding the health portfolio through the COVID-19 pandemic until the Cabinet was reshuffled. He lost Eluru in 2024 by over 62,000 votes, resigned from the YSRCP on August 9 that year saying he was leaving politics, and joined the Telugu Desam Party in February 2025.

Former Rajya Sabha member V. Vijayasai Reddy also condoled the death. “His dedicated public service and contribution to the state will always be remembered,” he wrote on X.

Deeply saddened by the passing of Shri Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas (Alla Nani), former Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. His dedicated public service and contribution to the state will always be remembered. Heartfelt condolences to his family, supporters and admirers. May… pic.twitter.com/FA24VbHC4E

— Vijayasai Reddy V (@VSReddy_MP) September 15, 2026