Balli Durga Prasad Rao (15 June 1956 – 16 September 2020) was an Indian politician.

Biography

He was elected to the

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, lower house of the

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from

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in the

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as a member of the

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. Balli Durga Prasad Rao was elected as MLA from

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Assembly constituency, Andhra Pradesh. He served as MLA from 1985 to 1989, 1994–1999, 1999-2004 & 2009-2014 (4 terms). He also served as Minister for Primary Education from 1996 to 1998 in the NTR government. He became MLA at the age of 28 years. He served as Member of PAC, Andhra Pradesh (2009-2014). He joined YSRCP in 2019. In September 2020, Prasad Rao tested positive for

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during the

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and he was hospitalized at a hospital in Chennai. He suffered cardiac arrest on 16 September and was pronounced dead. In 2021, his son,

Balli Kalyanachakravarthy Balli Kalyanachakravarthy (born 7 June 1984), also referred to as Balli Kalyan Chakravarthy, is an Indian businessman and politician who has served in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council from 2021 to 2024 as a member of the YSR Congress Part ...

, was elected to the

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References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
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External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
2020 deaths India MPs 2019–2024 Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh YSR Congress Party politicians 1956 births People from Tirupati Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1985–1989 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1994–1999 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1999–2004 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014 Telugu Desam Party politicians {{AndhraPradesh-TDP-politician-stub