Vanama Venkateswara Rao
Indian politician
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Vanama Venkateswara Rao is a politician from Telangana state and a member of the Legislative Assembly constituency of Kothagudem.[1]
Vanama Venkateswara Rao వనమా వెంకటేశ్వరరావు | |
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| Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2018–2023 | |
| Preceded by | Jalagam Venkat Rao |
| Succeeded by | Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao |
| Constituency | Kothagudem |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 November 1944 |
| Party | Telangana Rashtra Samithi |
| Children | Raghavendra Rao Ramakrishna Srimanthula Aruna Adika Vijaya Lakshmi |
Personal life
He has 4 children namely, Raghavendra Rao, Rama Krishna Rao, Srimanthula Aruna and Adika Vijaya Lakshmi
Political career
Venkateswara Rao was elected as a MLA from Kothagudem for the first time in 1989. He later represented the constituency in 1999 and 2004, besides serving as a minister in the cabinet of former Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy in 2008.[2] In the Telangana general elections of 2018, he contested on an Indian National Congress party ticket and won with a majority of 4120 votes over the nearest Telangana Rashtra Samithi party candidate Jalagam Venkat Rao.[3] He resigned from the Congress Party after the 2018 elections and joined the Telangana Rashtra Samithi party.[4]
