Thummala Nageswara Rao

The Honourable
Thummala Nageshwara Rao
Personal details
Born 11 November 1953(age 64 years)
Khammam, Khammam District, Telangana, India
Nationality Indian
Political party Telangana Rashtra Samithi
Education B.Com
Occupation Politician

Thummala Nageswara Rao is Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) politician who has at various times been a minister in the Government of Andhra Pradesh and, later, in the Government of Telangana.

Career

Rao was elected on three occasions to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh as a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candidate from Sathupalli constituency, in 1985, 1994 and 1999.[1]

In the 2009 elections, Rao was elected from the Khammam constituency. He contested that seat again in the elections of 2014 and lost.[2] On that latter occasion, the election was for the Telangana Legislative Assembly due to the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.

Having served for some time as a member of the Telangana Legislative Council, in May 2016 Rao again gained an Assembly seat when he won the Palair constituency in a by-election.[3] On this occasion he was a TRS candidate,[4] having switched party allegiance in September 2014.[5]

Rao is from Gandugula Palli village of Dammapeta Mandal, Khammam district.

Positions held

As a TDP MLA in the Andhra Pradesh legislature, Rao was Minor Irrigation Minister in the cabinet led by N. T. Rama Rao and held the ministerial portfolios of Prohibition and Excise, Major Irrigation, and Roads and Buildings at various times during the successive governments led by Chandrababu Naidu.[5]

In December 2014, soon after leaving the TDP for the TRS, Rao became a minister in the TRS cabinet. He took the portfolios of Roads and Buildings, and Women and Child Development.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Sathupalli (SC) (Telangana) Assembly Constituency Elections". Infobase. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  2. ↑ "Khammam (Telangana) Assembly Constituency Elections". Infobase. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  3. ↑ "Fareeduddin takes oath as MLC, pledges to join hands with CM for Golden Telangana". The Siasat Daily. 21 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "TRS Nominates Nageswara Rao For Palair Seat Bypoll". NDTV. PTI. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  5. 1 2 Sridhar, Ponnam (17 December 2014). "Khammam ultimately gets representation in Cabinet". The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  6. ↑ "Telangana Cabinet expanded". Business Line. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
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