Senior advocate and labour leader K. Subba Rao, 92, who had fought for the rights of workers for about 60 years, passed away here on Friday. He leaves behind his wife Susheela Rao and daughter Maya Rao.
A household name among the workers’ community, he had argued on behalf of freedom fighters N.L. Upadyaya, S. Suryanarayan Rao, M.S. Krishnan and M.C. Narasimhan, which had led to their release from prison.
He had fought for democratic rights when Emergency was imposed in the country, a CITU release said. “Through writ of habeas corpus, he had exposed arrests of senior activists during Emergency. He had helped workers of various public sector undertakings in the city besides members of various other unions in other factories,” said CITU.
Published - April 22, 2023 01:42 am IST
