Botsa Satyanarayana (born 9 July 1958) is an Indian politician from

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. He belonged to the

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 ...

until 2015 and he joined the

YSR Congress The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (, YSRCP or YCP), often shortened to simply the YSR Congress Party, is an Indian Regionalism (politics), regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The party was initially registere ...

on 7 June 2015. He is a former cabinet minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development in

. He is also the last president of United APCC.

Political career

Satyanarayana won the

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parliamentary constituency in 1999 as an MP. Due to the NDA climate, the

party won only 5 MPs from Andhra Pradesh and Satyanarayana was one of them. He represented as MLA from

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Assembly constituency in 2004, 2009. He served as Minister for Heavy Industries, Panchayati Raj, Housing, Transport and Marketing. He served as the president of

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. After Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy's death due to helicopter crash in 2009,

Konijeti Rosaiah Konijeti Rosaiah (4 July 1933 – 4 December 2021) was an Indian politician who served as the 15th chief minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2009 to 2010. He also served as the Governor of Tamil Nadu from 2011 to 2016 and the Governor of Karnatak ...

Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy (born 13 September 1960) is an Indian politician who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh between 25 November 2010 and 1 March 2014. He was the last Chief Minister of the Andhra Pradesh before the format ...

served as the chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh. At that time, Satyanarayana's name also came up in the campaign as the chief ministerial candidate. In 2015, Satyanarayana resigned from the Indian National Congress party and joined the

Party‌ along with his family and supporters. He represented third time MLA from

constituency in 2019 and served as the Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development in the

Government of Andhra Pradesh The Government of Andhra Pradesh, abbreviated as GoAP, is the Administrative division, state government and the administrative body responsible for the governance of the States of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Amaravati is the capital ...

from 8 June 2019 to 7 April 2022.

Personal life

Satyanarayana is married to Botcha Jhansi Lakshmi who was elected as a

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representative from Bobbili constituency in 2006 and Vizianagaram constituency in 2009. He has a brother, Botcha Appala Narasaiah, who is also a politician.

References

External links

Botsa Satyanarayana profile

Botsa daughter's mega wedding bash has govt staff in a tizzy
Times of India

IBNlive {{DEFAULTSORT:Satyanarayana, Botsa India MPs 1999–2004 Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh People from Vizianagaram Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh People from Uttarandhra YSR Congress Party politicians 1950s births Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024 Presidents of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee Year of birth missing (living people)