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Dharmana Prasada Rao

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Dharmana Prasada Rao
Minister for Revenue, Stamps and Registration
Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
11 April 2022 – 12 June 2024
Governor
Chief MinisterY. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Preceded byDharmana Krishna Das
Succeeded byAnagani Satya Prasad
Minister of Roads & Buildings
Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
25 May 2009 – 8 August 2013
Governor
Chief Minister
Preceded byGalla Aruna Kumari
Succeeded byChief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Revenue, Relief and
Rehabilitation & Urban Land Ceiling

Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
14 May 2004 – 20 May 2009
Governor
Chief MinisterY. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Preceded byTammineni Sitaram
Succeeded byPithani Satyanarayana
Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
In office
2019–2024
Preceded byGunda Lakshmi Devi
Succeeded byGondu Shankar
ConstituencySrikakulam
In office
2004–2014
Preceded byAppala Suryanarayana Gunda
Succeeded byGunda Lakshmi Devi
ConstituencySrikakulam
In office
1999–2004
Preceded byBoggu Lakshman Rao
Succeeded byDharmana Krishna Das
ConstituencyNarasannapeta
In office
1989–1994
Preceded bySimma Prabhakar Rao
Succeeded byBoggu Lakshman Rao
Constituency Narasannapeta
Personal details
Political partyYSR Congress Party (2014–present)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (until 2014)

Dharmana Prasada Rao is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Srikakulam. He was former Minister of Roads and Buildings (R&B) and a former Revenue minister of Andhra Pradesh.[1]

Political career

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Dharmana Prasada Rao is a politician and state leader of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) from Srikakulam district. Dharmana Prasada Rao won 5 terms as an MLA from Srikakulam Assembly Constituency, including the 2019 election.[citation needed]

He has served as Textiles, Sports, and Water Resource Minister in the cabinet of Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy and Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy. He served as revenue, minister in the cabinet of Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy. He also served as Roads and Buildings Minister in the cabinet of N Kiran Kumar Reddy. He reached his current position from the position of Village councilor (Sarpanch).[citation needed]

In August 2012, he resigned from the cabinet ministry following a chargesheet by the Central Bureau of Investigation on him alleging corruption in VANPIC project.[2]

He left Congress and joined YSRCP on 9 Feb 2014.[3] He won the 2019 assembly elections to Gunda Lakshmi Devi of Telugu Desam Party.[4]

VANPIC case

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In April 2012, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) questioned Dharmana in relation to the disproportionate assets case, that it was investigating against Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. CBI questioned the motives behind passing GOs, when he was the revenue minister, allocating land to several projects including VANPIC.[1]

In August 2012, CBI filed a chargesheet naming Dharmana as accused number 5, along with Jagan Mohan Reddy, Nimmagadda Prasad, Mopidevi Venkataramana and others. In the chargesheet it alleged quid pro quo among the accused.[5] Following the chargesheet, Dharmana has resigned from cabinet ministry. But the then Chief Minister Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy has not accepted the resignation. However, Dharmana has since stayed away from the cabinet meetings.[2]

In January 2013, a CBI court has permitted the prosecution of the case.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Jagan assets case: Dharmana grilled". The Times of India. 14 April 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Sudhir, Uma; Bhatt, Abhinav (21 January 2013). "Andhra Pradesh minister to be prosecuted in VANPIC case". NDTV. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Cong MLA Dharmana joins Jagan's YSRCP".
  4. ^ "Srikakulam Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh". www.elections.in.
  5. ^ A., Srinivasa Rao (13 August 2012). "Another Andhra minister named in disproportionate assets case". India Today. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
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