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

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

. He belonged to the

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until 2015 and he joined the YSR Congress 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 Bobbili 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 Cheepurupalli Assembly constituency in 2004, 2009. He served as Minister for Heavy Industries, Panchayati Raj, Housing, Transport and Marketing. He served as the president of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee. After Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy's death due to helicopter crash in 2009, Konijeti Rosaiah, Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy 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 YSR Congress Party‌ along with his family and supporters. He represented third time MLA from Cheepurupalli 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

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