Kancherla Keshava Rao, popularly known as KK (born 4 June 1939), is an Indian politician from 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 ...

party. He previously served as a member of the

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, the upper house of the

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from 2014 to 2024 and previously from 2006 to 2012. Rao served as the

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(APCC) president in the mid-2000s, during the tenure of late Chief Minister

YS Rajasekhara Reddy Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy (8 July 1949 – 2 September 2009), popularly known as YSR, was an Indian politician. He served as the 14th chief minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2004 to 2009. Reddy was elected (1989, 1991, 1996 and 1998) ...

in Andhra Pradesh. He joined the

Bharat Rashtra Samithi The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana and currently the primary opposition party in the state. It was founde ...

(BRS), then Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in 2013 and served as the party secretary general. He was re-elected to Rajya Sabha in 2014 representing

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. Despite being from

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he was assigned to Andhra Pradesh because of the lot method used to assign

members for the newly created

and residual

. In 2020, he was again re-elected for a six-year term representing

. K. Keshava Rao rejoined Congress party on 3 July 2024 in the presence of

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(AICC) president

Mallikarjun Kharge Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge (; born 21 July 1942) is an Indian lawyer and statesman serving as the President of the Indian National Congress since 2022 and Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha since 2021. He has been a Member of Parliament, ...

in New Delhi. He was appointed as the Advisor (Public Affairs) to the

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with Cabinet status by Chief Secretary A. Santhi Kumari on 6 July. He resigned from the Rajya Sabha on 4 July 2024.

Personal life

He was born to K. Niranjan Rao and Govindamma in Mahbubabad,

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on 13 December 1940 (official records 6 June 1939). He received his B.Comm from Badruka College, then pursued an M.A. at

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's Arts College and later PhD from Osmania University, Hyderabad. He is married to Vasantha Kumari and has two sons and two daughters. One of his daughters,

Gadwal Vijayalakshmi Gadwal Vijayalakshmi is an Indian politician serving as the current mayor of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) since 11 February 2021. A former American citizen, she emigrated back to India to join politics and went on to become t ...

, is the current

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References

External links

Profile on Rajya Sabha website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rao, K. Keshava Indian National Congress politicians from Telangana Bharat Rashtra Samithi politicians Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh Living people Date of birth uncertain People from Hanamkonda district Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Telugu politicians 1939 births Presidents of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee