Former Andhra Pradesh minister and late prime minister P V Narasimha Rao’s eldest son P V Rangarao has passed away in Hyderabad on Thursday.

He was 73. Rangarao, a bachelor, died of a heart related ailment.

According to sources in his family, he went to a hospital on Wednesday evening and had come back after a check-up, but developed complications and passed away in the wee hours.

He had undergone a cardiac related surgery around 20 years back, sources said.

Rangarao had served as the state education minister when Kotleya Vijay Bhaskar was the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh in the 90s.

He was presently a member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council.

The funeral will take place later on Thursday.