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Daggubati Venkateswara Rao

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Daggubati Venkateswara Rao
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
2 April 1996 – 1 April 2002
Preceded byP. Upendra
Succeeded byRavula Chandrasekhar Reddy
Constituency Andhra Pradesh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1991–1996
Preceded bySalagala Benjamin
Succeeded byUmmareddy Venkateswarlu
Constituency Bapatla
Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
In office
2004–2014
Preceded byJagarlamudi Padmavathi
Succeeded byYeluri Sambasiva Rao
Constituency Parchur
In office
1983–1991
Preceded byMaddukuri Narayan Rao
Succeeded byGade Venkata Reddy
Constituency Parchur
Personal details
Born (1953-12-14) 14 December 1953 (age 70)[citation needed]
Karamchedu, Andhra Pradesh, India
Spouse
(m. 1979)
Children2
ResidenceHyderabad

Dr. Daggubati Venkateswara Rao, M.B.,B.S., (born 14 December 1953) is a former member of the Indian National Congress.[1]

Personal life

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Rao is the 2nd son-in-law in order for N. T. Rama Rao, actor and founder of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). He is the son of Daggubati Chenchu Ramaiah. He married politician Daggubati Purandareswari on 9 May 1979. The couple have two children, Nivedita and Hitesh Chenchuram, a daughter and a son respectively.[citation needed]

Career

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Rao is an ex-Minister, ex-Member of Parliament and an ex-Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Parchur constituency in Prakasham District up to 2014. He won the 2009 General Election by getting 73,691 votes and a majority of 2,776 votes. Rao was elected to the State Assembly in 1983, 1985, 1989, 2004, 2009 and to Lok Sabha (Indian lower house) in 1991–1996, and to the Rajya Sabha (Indian Upper House) in 1996. He was an independent member in the 2014 elections but in 2019 he joined the YSR Congress Party. He contested the 2019 Legislative Assembly[which?] elections from Parchur Assembly Constituency, Prakasham district. He was defeated by TDP candidate Eluri Sambasiva Rao with a narrow margin.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Andhra Pradesh (19 May 2009). "Daggubati tells Balakrishna not to trust Naidu". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 22 March 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2011.