Kona Raghupathi Explained

Kona Raghupathi
Office1:Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency1:Bapatla
Term Start1:2014
Term End1:2024
Office2:21st Deputy Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Term Start2:18 June 2019
Predecessor1:Gade Venkata Reddy
Term End2:18 September 2022
Predecessor2:Mandali Buddha Prasad
Successor2:Kolagatla Veera Bhadra Swamy
Parents:Kona Prabhakara Rao (father)
Party:YSR Congress Party
Successor1:Vegesana Narendra Varma

Kona Raghupathi is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh, India. He represents the Bapatla constituency in the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh.[1] He was elected to serve as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bapatla Assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh, India, in 2014. He represents the YSR Congress Party.[2]

Early life

Kona Raghupathi was born to Kona Prabhakara Rao, who was the former governor for Maharashtra and Sikkim states.[3]

Political career

In 2014, he contested from Bapatla Assembly constituency on behalf of YSR Congress Party and emerged victorious over Annam Satish Prabhakar of Telugu Desam Party in the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[4] [5] In 2019, he won as the MLA from Bapatla constituency from Andhra Pradesh. He is the deputy speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://nocorruption.in/politician/kona-raghupathi/ Kona Ragupathi Politician
  2. http://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/bapatla.html Bapatla (Andhra Pradesh) Assembly Constituency Elections
  3. News: Bapatla: an interesting contest on the cards. The Hindu. 18 November 2016. Samuel Jonathan.
  4. Web site: MLA. AP State Portal. 13 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141008071101/http://www.ap.gov.in/government/mla/. 8 October 2014. dead.
  5. Web site: Repalle Assembly 2014 Election Results. Elections.in. 11 October 2014.
  6. News: The Hindu . Kona Raghupathi elected Assembly Deputy Speaker . 2 December 2021 . 18 June 2019 . en-IN.