Vikarabad TRS activist Ayub Khan, who set himself afire on August 30 in the presence of Transport Minister Mahendar Reddy in protest against the party leaders not giving recognition to those who had participated in the separate state movement, died at Apollo Hospital on Friday.
Khan had immolated himself in protest against not being given a nominated post in the TRS government. He resorted to the extreme act during a TRS party workers' meeting at Vikarabad on August 30.
He addressed the meeting saying that he had vainly pleaded his case with several leaders, including Nizamabad MP Kavitha, for a nominated post. Then, after ending his speech, he doused himself with petrol and set himself ablaze.
The shocked party workers put out the fire and shifted him to a hospital, but he succumbed to severe burn injuries on Friday.
Minister Mahender Reddy rushed to the hospital and paid tributes to Khan. He promised to provide all possible assistance to the family members of the deceased man.