Mynampally Hanumanth Rao Explained

Mynampally Hanumanth Rao
Birth Date:1966 1, mf=yes
Birth Place:Korvipally,Medak, Andhra Pradesh, India
Residence:Hyderabad
Office:Member of Legislative Assembly
Office4:Member of Legislative Assembly
Constituency4:Ramayampet, Andhra Pradesh
Term Start4:2008
Term End4:2009
Office3:Member of Legislative Assembly
Constituency3:Medak, Andhra Pradesh
Term Start3:2009
Term End3:2014
Office1:Member of Legislative Council
Term Start1:2017
Term End1:2018
Constituency:Malkajgiri, Telangana
Term Start:2018
Term End:2023
Party:INC (2014)&(23 September 2023 -Present)
BRS (2014 - 22 September 2023)
TDP (2008-2014)
Parents:Kishan Rao, Sarojini
Children:Mynampally Rohit, Shivank
Spouse:Vani

Mynampally Hanumanth Rao (born January 10, 1966) is an Indian politician and former MLA representing the Malkajgiri constituency in the Telangana Legislative Assembly. He resigned from Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and joined Indian National Congress on 29 September 2023.

Political career

Hanumanth Rao was twice elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly. First from Ramayampet (constituency abolished in 2009) in 2008 and then from Medak in 2009 from TDP. In 2014, he contested the Malkajgiri Lok Sabha seat as a Telangana Rashtra Samithi candidate and finished in second place. He was the President of the Greater Hyderabad Telangana Rashtra Samithi from 2014 to 2016.

He was unanimously elected as an MLC from MLAs Quota on 5 March 2017.

On 12 December 2018, he resigned from his Member of Legislative Council position after he won the Malkajgiri Assembly Constituency as a Member of Legislative Assembly third time with a majority of 74,000 votes.

Rao tendered his resignation to BRS party on 22 September 2023. Later, he, and his son Rohit Rao, joined the Indian National Congress and Hanumantha Rao was nominated to contest on INC ticket from Malkajgiri in the party's first list. He lost the general election in 2023.

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