Daggubati Venkateswara Rao Explained

Daggubati Venkateswara Rao
Caption:Personality and Always Opposition to Nara Chandra Babu Naidu.
Birth Date:14 December 1953
Birth Place:Karamchedu, Andhra Pradesh, India
Residence:Hyderabad
Office:Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Term Start:2 April 1996
Term End:1 April 2002
Predecessor:P. Upendra
Successor:Ravula Chandrasekhar Reddy
Constituency:Andhra Pradesh
Office1:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term Start1:1991
Term End1:1996
Predecessor1:Salagala Benjamin
Successor1:Ummareddy Venkateswarlu
Constituency1:Bapatla
Office2:Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
Term Start2:2004
Term End2:2014
Predecessor2:Jagarlamudi Padmavathi
Successor2:Yeluri Sambasiva Rao
Constituency2:Parchur
Term Start3:1983
Term End3:1991
Predecessor3:Maddukuri Narayan Rao
Successor3:Gade Venkata Reddy
Constituency3:Parchur
Children:2

Dr. Daggubati Venkateswara Rao, M.B.,B.S., (born 14 December 1953) is a former member of the Indian National Congress.[1]

Personal life

Rao is the 2nd son-in-law in order for N. T. Rama Rao, actor and founder of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). He is the son of Daggubati Chenchu Ramaiah. He married politician Daggubati Purandareswari on 9 May 1979. The couple have two children, Nivedita and Hitesh Chenchuram, a daughter and a son respectively.

Career

Rao is an ex-Minister, ex-Member of Parliament and an ex-Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Parchur constituency in Prakasham District up to 2014. He won the 2009 General Election by getting 73,691 votes and a majority of 2,776 votes. Rao was elected to the State Assembly in 1983, 1985, 1989, 2004, 2009 and to Lok Sabha (Indian lower house) in 1991–1996, and to the Rajya Sabha (Indian Upper House) in 1996. He was an independent member in the 2014 elections but in 2019 he joined the YSR Congress Party. He contested the 2019 Legislative Assembly elections from Parchur Assembly Constituency, Prakasham district. He was defeated by TDP candidate Eluri Sambasiva Rao with a narrow margin.

Notes and References

  1. News: Daggubati tells Balakrishna not to trust Naidu. https://web.archive.org/web/20090322090506/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/19/stories/2009031960610600.htm. dead. 22 March 2009. 27 January 2011. The Hindu. 19 May 2009. Andhra Pradesh.