Addanki Dayakar (born 1971) is an actor and Indian politician from

Telangana Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...

. He was unanimously elected as member of Telangana Legislative Council on 13 March 2025 and took oath as MLC on 7 April 2025. Earlier, he was named as

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

candidate for the MLC elections under the MLA quota on 9 March 2025.

Early life and education

Dayakar is from Nemmikallu, Suryapet district, Telangana. He is the son of Addanki Ramalachu. He completed his Master of Commerce at Mahatma Gandhi University, Nalgonda in 1997, and did MCA at St. Patrick post graduate college, Hyderabad. He is now registered for his PhD course at Osmania University. He married Nagamani, a government teacher.

Political career

After being active in the Telangana statehood movement, he started his political career after the formation of Telangana with the Indian National Congress Party. He contested unsuccessfully as the Congress candidate in the

2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election The 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election took place on 30 April and 7 May 2014 to elect members to the legislatures of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was held concurrently with the Indian general election. The results were dec ...

from the Thungathurthi Assembly constituency, which is reserved for the Scheduled Caste community in Nalgonda district. He polled 62,003 votes but lost to Gadari Kishore Kumar of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi by a margin of 2,379 votes. He contested again on the Congress ticket in the 2018 Assembly elections and lost the same candidate by a margin of 1,847 votes. He was denied a ticket in 2023 Assembly election in favour of Mandula Samuel, who won the Thungathurthi seat back for Congress. In April 2025, he was appointed as the observer of the Congress Party for the

Jangaon district Janagama district is a district in the middle of the Indian state of Telangana. It was a part of the erstwhile Warangal district prior to the re-organisation of districts in the state. The district shares boundaries with Suryapet, Bhuvanagiri, ...

as part of the District Pradesh Congress Committee observer.

Filmography

Jai Bolo Telangana ''Jai Bolo Telangana'' ( ''Hail Telangana!'') is a 2011 Telugu-language historical drama film based on the Telangana Movement, produced & directed by N.Shankar on Mahalakshmi Arts banner and Cinematography by T. Surendra Reddy. Starring Jagapat ...

(2011) * Bheemadevarapally Branchi (2024)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dayakar, Addanki 1971 births Living people Telugu politicians Members of the Telangana Legislative Council Indian National Congress politicians from Telangana Osmania University alumni