| L. B. G. Rao | |
| Birth Name: | Lavu Bala Gangadhara Rao |
| Birth Date: | August 3, 1921 |
| Occupation: | politician |
Lavu Balagangadhara Rao (3 August 1921 – 28 March 2003) was an Indian politician.[1] He served as the Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) between May 1985 and November 1991.[2]
L.B.G. Rao was the son of Lavu Subrahmanyam. He studied at the Andhra-Christian College in Guntur. In 1938, during his student days, he joined the Communist Party of India.[2] In 1942 he became a CPI whole-timer. He went underground and was active in the Telangana armed struggle. He led various guerrilla squads, acting as the Amarabad party secretary.[2] [3] He got married in 1947, whilst being underground.[2] In total he would go underground five times in his life, spanning a period of over eleven years. He was also jailed three times, and spent two and a half years in prison.[2]
L.B.G. Rao was fielded as the CPI candidate in a by-election for the Duggirala seat in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in June 1954. He finished in second place with 20,644 votes (42.5% of the votes in the constituency).[4] [5]
After the split in the CPI, L.B.G. Rao sided with the CPI(M). He became a Central Committee member of CPI(M).[2] As of 1979 he served as the secretary of the State Agricultural Labourers Union.[6] He also served as president of the All India Agricultural Workers Union.[7] L.B.G. Rao stood as the CPI(M) candidate for the Tenali seat in the 1980 Indian general election. He finished in second place, with 144,457 votes (32.70%).[8] In 1989 he was included in the Polit Bureau of the party.[2] Due to old age, he retired from the Polit Bureau in 1998.[7]