Dharmana Prasada Rao
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Dharmana Prasada Rao | |
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| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency | Srikakulam |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | YSR 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 is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Srikakulam. He is the 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 was 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 to 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 for the prosecution of the case.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Jagan assets case: Dharmana grilled". The Times of India. 14 April 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Sudhir, Uma; Bhatt, Abhinav (21 January 2013). "Andhra Pradesh minister to be prosecuted in VANPIC case". NDTV. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Cong MLA Dharmana joins Jagan's YSRCP".
- ^ "Srikakulam Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh". www.elections.in.
- ^ A., Srinivasa Rao (13 August 2012). "Another Andhra minister named in disproportionate assets case". India Today. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
External links[]
- Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh
- Corruption in Andhra Pradesh
- State cabinet ministers of Andhra Pradesh
- People from Srikakulam
- Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
- Telugu politicians
- People from Uttarandhra
- YSR Congress politicians
- Living people
- Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024