| Devineni Nehru | |
| Birth Name: | Devineni Rajasekhar[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1954 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District |
| Office1: | Minister of Employment & Technical Education Government of Andhra Pradesh |
| Governor1: | Krishan Kant |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | N. T. Rama Rao |
| Term Start1: | 12 December 1994 |
| Term End1: | 1 September 1995 |
| Successor1: | Balli Durga Prasad Rao |
| Office2: | Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh |
| Term Start2: | 2004 |
| Term End2: | 2009 |
| Predecessor2: | Yalamanchili Nageswara Rao |
| Successor2: | Constituency Abolished |
| Constituency2: | Kankipadu |
| Term Start3: | 1983 |
| Term End3: | 1999 |
| Predecessor3: | Koneru Ranga Rao |
| Successor3: | Yalamanchili Nageswara Rao |
| Constituency3: | Kankipadu |
| Party: | Telugu Desam Party (1982-1995, 2016-2017) |
| Otherparty: | Indian National Congress (1996-2016) |
| Children: | Devineni Avinash (Son), Devineni Kranthi (Daughter) |
Devineni Nehru (born Devineni Rajasekhar; 22 June 1954 – 17 April 2017) represented Kankipadu Assembly Constituency in Krishna District of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.[2]
Nehru was born on 22 June 1954 in Vijayawada. He received B.A. degree from S.R.R & C.V.R college, Vijayawada. His first career was in agriculture. He is the son of Sri D. Rama Krishna Vara Prasad. He married Smt. Devineni Lakshmi. They have a daughter Kranthi and a son Devineni Avinash.[3]
Rajasekhar served as a Minister (1994–96) in the cabinet of late Chief Minister NTR's TDP Government. Rajasekhar won five terms (1983, 1985, 1989, 1994 and 2004) as an MLA from Kankipadu Assembly Constituency. In 2004 he won from Congress Party (Indian National Congress) when Y.S Raja Sekhar Reddy was the Chief Minister. He lost in 2009 elections with 190 votes difference. After the Andhra state bifurcation he lost 2014 elections from Congress Party (INC). He later rejoined Telugu Desam Party.[4]
He died of cardiac arrest on 17 April 2017 at his house in Hyderabad.[5] [6] [7] [8]
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