Kavuri Samba Siva Rao Explained

Kavuri Samba Siva Rao
Birth Date:1 October 1943
Birth Place:Eluru, Andhra Pradesh
Residence:Eluru
Education:NIT Warangal
Office:Union Minister of Textiles
Primeminister:Manmohan Singh
Term Start:17 June 2013
Term End:26 May 2014
Predecessor:Anand Sharma
Successor:Santosh Kumar Gangwar
Office1:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term Start1:2004
Term End1:2014
Predecessor1:Bolla Bulli Ramaiah
Successor1:Maganti Venkateswara Rao
Constituency1:Eluru
Term Start2:1998
Term End2:1999
Predecessor2:Kaikala Satyanarayana
Successor2:Ambati Brahmanaiah
Constituency2:Machilipatnam
Term Start3:1984
Term End3:1991
Predecessor3:Maganti Ankineedu
Successor3:Kolusu Pedda Reddaiah Yadav
Constituency3:Machilipatnam
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
(2014-present)
Otherparty:Indian National Congress
(1984-2014)
Spouse:Hemalata
Children:1 son and 3 daughters
Date:16 September
Year:2006
Source:https://web.archive.org/web/20071017220939/http://164.100.24.209/newls/Biography.aspx?mpsno=3139

Kavuri Sambasiva Rao (born 1 October 1943) is an Indian politician, engineer and industrialist from the state of Andhra Pradesh.[1]

He was the Minister of Textiles at Ministry of Textiles, with cabinet rank, for India in UPA Government from 17 June 2013.[2]

Rao resigned as minister and from the Congress Working Committee by opposing the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in 2014.[3]

Early life and education

Rao was born in 1943. He was educated at NIT Warangal.

Career

He has been a member of the 8th, 9th, 12th, 14th and 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Eluru constituency of Andhra Pradesh and is a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party,[4] which he joined on 1 May 2014.

Once he was permanent invitee for Congress Working Committee. Earlier he represented Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency in Andhra Pradesh. Kavuri is business entrepreneur in the fields of civil construction and health care. He was elected to Indian Parliament for fives times and member in parliament committee. He had sworn in as Union Cabinet minister for Textiles on 17 June 2013.[5]

On 28 April 2014 he resigned from the Indian National Congress and announced his decision to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). A month earlier he had resigned as the minister, protesting the creation of the State of Telangana. He has also announced that he would not contest the Lok Sabha polls on Indian National Congress ticket.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: K.S. Rao, an engineer, industrialist serving fifth term as MP (Profile) . Business Standard. 2013.
  2. Web site: Who's Who: Minister . Ministry of Textiles . 16 September 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131019203122/http://ministryoftextiles.gov.in/aboutus/whos_who/ww_main.htm . 19 October 2013 .
  3. Web site: Sambasiva Rao resigns protesting division of Andhra Pradesh . The Economic Times. 2014.
  4. Web site: Congress minister Kavuri Samba Siva Rao joins BJP. Kalavalapalli. Yogendra. 2 May 2014. Mint. 2019-11-02.
  5. Web site: Profile . Indian Parliament . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071017220939/http://164.100.24.209/newls/Biography.aspx?mpsno=3139 . 17 October 2007 .