Killi Krupa Rani (born 19 November 1965) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. She is a former member of the

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and previously represented

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 ...

from 2009 to 2014. She belongs to Kalinga caste. In April 2024, she resigned from YSRCP and joined the

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Personal life

She hails from Tekkali, Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh. Her parents are Kamayya and Kouosalya. She married Rammohan Rao in 1985 and has two children. She did her MBBS from Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam. She is the convenor of Rammohan Rao Charitable Trust, which works towards providing free drinking water in rural areas, free medical camps, free deliveries and free

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s to the blind. Her hobbies include

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and

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Career

She entered politics and joined the Indian National Congress party, on the eve of completion of Y. S. Rajashekar Reddy's padhayatra. She lost the 2004 general election but won in 2009 defeating four-time MP, Yerran Naidu. In October 2012, she was inducted into the 15th Lok Sabha and

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's cabinet as Minister of State, Communications and Information Technology. She was a Member, Committee on Health and Family Welfare; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs and Member, Central Social Welfare Board. In 2014, she lost to

Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu (born 18 December 1987) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 33rd Minister of Civil Aviation since June 2024. He represents the Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency and has been elected in the 16th, ...

. She quit

and later joined YSRCP on 28 February 2019. In 2024, she quit the YSRCP citing her dissatisfaction with the leadership and rejoined the INC in the presence of the state unit president Y. S. Sharmila.

Interests

She is an avid reader and takes an interest in music, history, literature and travelling. She also published a book entitled ''The 100 years saga of Nehru's family''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Krupa Rani, Killi 1965 births Living people People from Srikakulam India MPs 2009–2014 Women in Andhra Pradesh politics Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh 21st-century Indian women politicians Women members of the Lok Sabha Union ministers from United Andhra Pradesh People from Uttarandhra