Thummala Nageswara Rao
Indian politician (born 1953)
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Thummala Nageswara Rao is an Indian Congress politician who has been a minister in the Government of Andhra Pradesh and, later, in the Government of Telangana. Rao is from Khammam district.[1]
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Tummala Nageshwara Rao | |
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| Minister of Agriculture, Cooperation and Textiles Government of Telangana | |
| Assumed office 7 December 2023 | |
| Governor |
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| Chief Minister | Revanth Reddy |
| Preceded by | Singireddy Niranjan Reddy |
| Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 3 December 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Puvvada Ajay Kumar |
| Constituency | Khammam |
| In office 19 May 2016 – 11 December 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Ramireddy Venkatareddy |
| Succeeded by | Kandala Upender Reddy |
| Constituency | Palair |
| Minister of Roads and Buildings Government of Telangana | |
| In office 16 December 2014 – 28 November 2018 | |
| Governor | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
| Chief Minister | K. Chandrashekar Rao |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | Vemula Prashanth Reddy |
| Member of Telangana Legislative Council | |
| In office 2014–2016 | |
| Chairman | K. Swamy Goud |
| Leader of the House | K. Chandrashekar Rao |
| Preceded by | Telangana Legislative Council Created |
| Minister of Major & Minor Irrigation Government of Andhra Pradesh | |
| In office 1 September 1995 - 13 May 2004 | |
| Governor | Krishan Kant G. Ramanujam C. Rangarajan Surjit Singh Barnala |
| Chief Minister | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
| Preceded by | Makineni Pedda Rataiah |
| Succeeded by | Ponnala Lakshmaiah |
| In office 9 March 1985 – 12 December 1989 | |
| Governor | Shankar Dayal Sharma Kumudben Joshi |
| Chief Minister | N. T. Rama Rao |
| Preceded by | Srinivasulu Reddy Nallapareddy |
| Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Tammineni Veerabhadram |
| Succeeded by | Puvvada Ajay Kumar |
| Constituency | Khammam |
| In office 11 December 1994 – 11 May 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Jalagam Prasada Rao |
| Succeeded by | Jalagam Venkat Rao |
| Constituency | Sathupalli |
| In office 1985–1989 | |
| Preceded by | Jalagam Prasada Rao |
| Succeeded by | Jalagam Prasada Rao |
| Constituency | Sathupalli |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 November 1953 |
| Party | Indian National Congress (since 2023) |
Other political affiliations | Telangana Rashtra Samiti (2014–2023) Telugu Desam Party (1982–2014) |
| Children | 3 |
Early life
Rao, born on 15 November 1953, is from the village of Gollagudem, Dammapeta mandal, in Khammam district.
Career
Rao joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) for the 1982 election, but lost the 1983 election. He was elected three times to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh as a TDP candidate from Sathupalli constituency: in 1985, 1994 and 1999.[2]
Although he is from Sathupalli, due to changes in the reservation of seats in constituencies he won the 2009 election from the Khammam constituency. Rao again contested the seat in 2014, losing by about 6,000 votes;[3] that election was for the Telangana Legislative Assembly, due to the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
He joined Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in September 2014,[1][4] and was inducted into the cabinet in December as Minister for Roads and Buildings.[5] Rao resigned from the BRS and joined the Indian National Congress in September 2023 after he was denied a BRS ticket for elections.[6] After serving as a member of the Telangana Legislative Council, Rao again gained an assembly seat in May 2016 when he won the Palair constituency in a by-election[7] by a decisive margin[8] as a BRS candidate.[9]
In the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, he defeated BRS candidate Puvvada Ajay Kumar in the Khammam constituency. Rao took the oath as minister at L. B. Stadium in Hyderabad on 7 December 2024, and was assigned the Agriculture, Marketing, Co-operation, Handlooms and Textiles portfolios two days later in the Revanth Reddy ministry.[10][11]
Work with four chief ministers
Rao brought funds to Khammam district and worked for its development. He first became a member of Chief Minister N. T. Rama Rao's cabinet as Minister of Small Irrigation, and was reappointed in 1995. Rao became Minister of Prohibition and Excise in CM Chandrababu Naidu's cabinet on 20 August 1996, and was appointed Union Minister of Heavy and Medium Irrigation on 5 December of that year. Excise Minister in 1999, he was appointed Minister of Roads and Buildings in 2001. Rao became president of the Telugu Desam Party of Khammam district on 15 November 2004.
He joined the Telangana Rashtra Samithi on 5 September 2014, and became Minister of Roads, Buildings and Women and Child Welfare on 16 December of that year. In 2015, Rao was selected as an MLC. In 2016, he was elected as an MLA and continued as a minister.
| Nr. | Department | Number | Cost (crore) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R&B | 24 | ₹126.82 |
| Outer Ring Road | ₹209 | ||
| 2 | PR | 113 | ₹17 |
| 3 | Irrigation | ||
| MK I - 19 | ₹23 | ||
| MKII- 14 | ₹4 | ||
| MKIII- 09 | ₹2.2 | ||
| MTB 01 | ₹13.5 | ||
| ₹42.7 | |||
| 4 | Water grid | ||
| R. N. Palem | ₹88.5 | ||
| Corporation | ₹114 | ||
| Intra (46) | ₹32 | ||
| ₹234.5 | |||
| 5 | Transco | 5 | ₹10 |
| 6 | IDC | 2 | ₹24 |
| 7 | EW IDC | ||
| College building | ₹13.5 | ||
| ST&SC&BC | ₹6.5 | ||
| ₹20 | |||
| 8 | RVM | 32 | ₹2.1 |
| 9 | Corporation | ||
| Completed | ₹152 | ||
| Proposed | ₹100 | ||
| ₹252 | |||
| 10 | NSP | 1 | ₹24.75 |
| 11 | HMIDC | ||
| Double bedrooms | 5,000 | ₹26.25 | |
| Total | 5,220 | ₹979.62[12] | |
- Bhakta Ramadasu, Sitarama projects, modernization of Paleru Old Canal
- Cultivation and drinking water due to the construction of check dams in Paleru
- Development of a joint Khammam district with construction of national highways and bridges
- Construction of a palm oil factory at Apparao Peta
- Construction of the Betupalli Varada and NTR Canals
- Modernization of Bakaram Pond
- Construction of the Bhadradri Power Plant[13]