Congress leader and minister in erstwhile Andhra Pradesh government M Mukesh Goud passed away this afternoon. The 60-year-old was admitted into Apollo hospital on Sunday evening in a critical condition where he breathed his last on Monday afternoon.
Mukesh Goud has been under treatment for cancer and had made his last public appearance on April 11, on the day of Lok Sabha elections in the state, arriving at the polling booth on a stretcher.
Goud, who represented Goshamahal constituency, was the Minister for Marketing and Warehousing between 2010 and 2014. In 2014, he had lost to incumbent BJP MLA T Raja Singh. Goud unsuccessfully contested in 2018 Assembly Elections and has been away from public life.