Dharmana Prasada Rao
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]
Dharmana Prasada Rao | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Revenue, Stamps and Registration Government of Andhra Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 11 April 2022 | |
| Governor | |
| Chief Minister | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy |
| Preceded by | Dharmana Krishna Das |
| Minister of Roads & Buildings Government of Andhra Pradesh | |
| In office 25 May 2009 – 8 August 2013 | |
| Governor | |
| Chief Minister | |
| Preceded by | Galla Aruna Kumari |
| Succeeded by | Chief 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 Minister | Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy |
| Preceded by | Tammineni Sitaram |
| Succeeded by | Pithani Satyanarayana |
| Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Gunda Lakshmi Devi |
| Constituency | Srikakulam |
| In office 2004–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Appala Suryanarayana Gunda |
| Succeeded by | Gunda Lakshmi Devi |
| Constituency | Srikakulam |
| In office 1999–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Boggu Lakshman Rao |
| Succeeded by | Dharmana Krishna Das |
| Constituency | Narasannapeta |
| In office 1989–1994 | |
| Preceded by | Simma Prabhakar Rao |
| Succeeded by | Boggu Lakshman Rao |
| Constituency | Narasannapeta |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | YSR Congress Party (2014–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (until 2014) |
Political career edit
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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 edit
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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 edit
- ^ a b "Jagan assets case: Dharmana grilled". The Times of India. 14 April 2012. from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ 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 edit
- Assets declaration (2009)