Dharmana Prasada Rao is an Indian

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from the state of

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 was a

Member of the Legislative Assembly A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected to sit in a legislative assembly. The term most commonly refers to members of the legislature of a federated state or an autonomous region, but is also used for several nation ...

(MLA) from

Srikakulam Srikakulam is a city and the headquarters of Srikakulam district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. census, it has a population of 165,735. There are many other places of Buddhist Tourism such as Salihundam, Kalinga Patnam, Dabbaka Vaan ...

. He was former Minister of Roads and Buildings (R&B) and a former Revenue minister of Andhra Pradesh.

Political career

Dharmana Prasada Rao is a politician and state leader of the

YSR Congress Party 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 ...

(YSRCP) from Srikakulam district. Dharmana Prasada Rao won 5 terms as an MLA from Srikakulam Assembly Constituency, including the 2019

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. He has served as Textiles, Sports, and Water Resource Minister in the cabinet of Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy and

Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (16 August 1920 – 27 September 2001) served as the 9th chief minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh in 1983 and then from 1992 to 1994. Reddy was a member of the Indian National Congress and was elected ...

. He served as revenue, minister in the cabinet of Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy. He also served as Roads and Buildings Minister in the cabinet of N Kiran Kumar Reddy. He reached his current position from the position of Village councilor (Sarpanch). In August 2012, he resigned from the cabinet ministry following a chargesheet by the

Central Bureau of Investigation The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is the domestic crime investigating agency of India. It operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. Originally set up to investigate bribery and gover ...

on him alleging corruption in VANPIC project. He left Congress and joined YSRCP on 9 Feb 2014. He won the 2019 assembly elections to Gunda Lakshmi Devi of

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (TDP; ) is an Indian regional political party primarily active in the Federated state, states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was founded by Telugu cinema, Telugu matinée idol N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) on 29 March 1982 a ...

VANPIC case

In April 2012, the

(CBI) questioned Dharmana in relation to the disproportionate assets case, that it was investigating against

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. CBI questioned the motives behind passing GOs, when he was the revenue minister, allocating land to several projects including VANPIC. In August 2012, CBI filed a chargesheet naming Dharmana as accused number 5, along with Jagan Mohan Reddy,

Nimmagadda Prasad Nimmagadda Prasad (born 11 October 1961) is an Indian industrialist from Andhra Pradesh, India. He is known for his ventures in the Pharmaceutical and Television industries, and is involved in philanthropic activities through Nimmagadda Foun ...

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and others. In the chargesheet it alleged quid pro quo among the accused. Following the chargesheet, Dharmana has resigned from cabinet ministry. But the then Chief Minister Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy has not accepted the resignation. However, Dharmana has since stayed away from the cabinet meetings. In January 2013, a CBI court has permitted the prosecution of the case.

References

External links

Profile on AP State Government website

Assets declaration
(2009) Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh Corruption in Andhra Pradesh State cabinet ministers of Andhra Pradesh People from Srikakulam Telugu politicians People from Uttarandhra YSR Congress Party politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024 {{Commons category