Botsa Satyanarayana | |
Birth Date: | 1958 7, df=y [1] |
Birth Place: | Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh |
Office1: | Member of Legislative Council Andhra Pradesh |
Term Start1: | 21 August 2024 |
1Blankname1: | Chairman |
1Namedata1: | Koyye Moshenu Raju |
2Blankname1: | Deputy Chairman |
2Namedata1: | Zakia Khanam |
3Blankname1: | Leader of the House |
3Namedata1: | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
Constituency1: | Elected by Local Authorities of Visakhapatnam |
Office2: | Minister of Education Government of Andhra Pradesh |
1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
Governor2: | |
1Namedata2: | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy |
Term Start2: | 11 April 2022 |
Term End2: | 12 June 2024 |
Predecessor2: | Audimulapu Suresh |
Successor2: | Nara Lokesh |
Office3: | Minister of Municipal Administration and Urban Development Government of Andhra Pradesh |
Term Start3: | 8 June 2019 |
Term End3: | 7 April 2022 |
Governor3: | |
1Blankname3: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata3: | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy |
Predecessor3: | Ponguru Narayana |
Successor3: | Audimulapu Suresh |
Office4: | 21st President of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee |
Term Start4: | 2011 |
Term End4: | 2014 |
1Blankname4: | AICC President |
1Namedata4: | Sonia Gandhi |
Predecessor4: | Dharmapuri Srinivas |
Successor4: | Raghu Veera Reddy |
Office5: | Minister of Transport Government of Andhra Pradesh |
Term Start5: | 25 November 2010 |
Term End5: | 21 February 2014 |
Governor5: | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
1Blankname5: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata5: | Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy |
Predecessor5: | S.Vijaya Rama Raju |
Successor5: | Kinjarapu Atchannaidu |
Office6: | Minister of Panchayati Raj Government of Andhra Pradesh |
Governor6: | |
Term Start6: | 25 May 2009 |
Term End6: | 25 November 2010 |
1Blankname6: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata6: | |
Predecessor6: | J. C. Diwakar Reddy |
Successor6: | Jana Reddy |
Office7: | Minister of Housing Government of Andhra Pradesh |
Term Start7: | 14 May 2004 |
Term End7: | 20 May 2009 |
Governor7: | |
1Blankname7: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata7: | Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy |
Predecessor7: | K.Errannaidu |
Successor7: | Silpa Mohan Reddy |
Office8: | Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh |
Predecessor8: | Kimidi Mrunalini |
Successor8: | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao |
Term Start8: | 2019 |
Term End8: | 2024 |
Constituency8: | Cheepurupalli |
Term Start9: | 2004 |
Term End9: | 2014 |
Predecessor9: | Gadde Babu Rao |
Successor9: | Kimidi Mrunalini |
Constituency9: | Cheepurupalli |
Office10: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha[2] |
Term10: | 1999 - 2004 |
Predecessor10: | Kondapalli Pydithalli Naidu |
Successor10: | Kondapalli Pydithalli Naidu |
Constituency10: | Bobbili |
Otherparty: | Indian National Congress (1996-2015) |
Party: | YSR Congress Party (2015 – Present) |
Spouse: | Botcha Jhansi Lakshmi |
Children: | 2[3] |
Office: | Leader of the Opposition of Legislative Council Andhra Pradesh |
Term Start: | 22 August 2024 |
1Blankname: | Chairperson |
1Namedata: | Koyye Moshenu Raju |
2Blankname: | Deputy Chairperson |
2Namedata: | Zakia Khanam |
3Blankname: | Leader of the House |
3Namedata: | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
Constituency: | Elected by Local Authorities of Visakhapatnam. |
Predecessor: | Leela Appi Reddy |
Botcha Satyanarayana (also spelled Botsa,) (born 9 July 1958)[4] [5] is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh.[6] He belonged to the Indian National Congress until 2015 and he joined the YSR Congress on 7 June 2015.[7] He is a former cabinet minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development in Andhra Pradesh.[8]
Satyanarayana won the Bobbili parliamentary constituency in 1999 as an MP.[2] Due to the NDA climate, the Indian National Congress party won only 5 MPs from Andhra Pradesh and Satyanarayana was one of them. He represented as MLA from Cheepurupalli Assembly constituency in 2004, 2009. He served as Minister for Heavy Industries, Panchayati Raj,[9] [10] Housing, Transport and Marketing. He served as the president of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee.[11]
After Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy's death due to helicopter crash in 2009, Konijeti Rosaiah, Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy served as the chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh. At that time, Satyanarayana's name also came up in the campaign as the chief ministerial candidate.[12]
In 2015, Satyanarayana resigned from the Indian National Congress party and joined the YSR Congress Party along with his family and supporters.[13] He represented third time MLA from Cheepurupalli constituency in 2019 and served as the Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development in the Government of Andhra Pradesh from 8 June 2019 to 7 April 2022.[14] [15]
Satyanarayana is married to Botcha Jhansi Lakshmi who was elected as a Lok Sabha representative from Bobbili constituency in 2006[16] and Vizianagaram constituency in 2009. He has a brother, Botcha Appala Narasaiah, who is also a politician.