Chintakunta Munuswamy Ramesh is an Indian politician from

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and businessman. He was a Public accounts committee member from BJP and also Member of Parliament (

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) from

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. He won his second consecutive Rajya Sabha term in 2018. C. M. Ramesh belongs to the

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community of

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. C. M. Ramesh contested and won the

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from

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Lok Sabha Constituency and won with a margin of 2,96,530 votes. C. M. Ramesh is the Founder Chairman of Rithwik Projects Pvt. Ltd., which was set up in 1999 and it has grown to a turnover of more than 1000 Crores within a span of 14 years. The company is one of the leading Infrastructure Developers in India and has interests in energy, roads, irrigation projects and property development.

Hunger strike

C. M. Ramesh started a hunger strike on 20 June 2018, demanding Steel Plant in

which was part of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act 2014. Former

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's daughter

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visited fasting camp on 26 June and extended support for the cause from her DMK party thereby garnering nationwide support for Andhra Pradesh in achieving its rights.

Election Results

2024

References

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Hunger strike

Election Results

2024

See also

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