N Narasimha Reddy, the first Home Minister of Telangana, passed away today morning in Hyderabad. He was 86. He breathed his last at a private corporate hospital in Hyderabad. He held Home and Labour Ministries in the first cabinet after separate Telangana State was formed in 2014. He began his political career under the influence of socialist leader Jayprakash Narayan.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">N Narasimha Reddy actively took part in the public agitation for achieving special statehood for Telangana from 2001 onwards. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar and Union Minister of State for Home, G. Kishan Reddy expressed shock over his demise and conveyed their condolences to the bereaved family.</span><br />