Jalagam Venkat Rao (born 18 April 1967) is a former member of the legislative assembly representing Kothagudem Assembly constituency. He won the 2004 elections from Sathupalli constituency and 2014 elections from Kothagudem constituency.

Early life

He was born to 5th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh,

Jalagam Vengala Rao Jalagam Vengala Rao (May 1921 – 12 June 1999) was for much of his life a member of the Indian National Congress and was the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh which is now divided into two states, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh ...

in Khammam, Khammam district. He has an elder brother, Jalagam Prasada Rao, a former minister. He studied towards his BS Computer science in the USA.

Career

He was a technocrat and was running a software company in Hyderabad, VJ Info.

Political career

Jalagam Venkat Rao 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 ...

of Andhra Pradesh, representing the INC for the same constituency, Sathupalli (Assembly constituency), just as his father.

TRS

Jalagam Venkat Rao won as MLA from Kothagudem assembly constituency in 2014 general elections, the first and the only TRS legislator from the Khammam district.Kothagudem MLA inspects check dam
/ref> In 2018 Telangana Assembly Elections he contested as MLA from Kothagudem Assembly constituency representing the then

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(TRS) and had lost to his

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rival Vanama Venkateswara Rao. Venkata Rao challenged Venkateswara Rao's election on the ground that the latter had given misleading information in the affidavit and later filed a case in January 2019. The Telangana High Court, after four years of courtroom battle, held that Venkateswara Rao stood disqualified as Kothagudem MLA Tuesday, 25 July 2023.

BJP

Jalagam joined the

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on 10 March 2024 in the presence of party's General Secretary and Telangana state incharge Tarun Chugh at central party headquarters in

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ahead of

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rao, Jalagam Venkat Telangana MLAs 2014–2018 Bharat Rashtra Samithi politicians 1968 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Telangana Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009 Indian National Congress politicians from Telangana