Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao (born 1962, Nizampatam) is an Indian politician, who served as the

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from

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representing Andhra Pradesh. He was the former cabinet minister under

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. He also served as Ports, infrastructure and investments minister under Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy.

Personal life

He is S/o late Mopidevi Veeraragaviah, he has completed his graduation from Loyola degree college, Vijayawada.

Political career.

In 1989, 1994 he contested and lost from Kuchinapudi Assembly Constituency. n 1999, 2004 he won from Kuchinapudi Assembly Constituency. In 2009, he won from

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Assembly Constituency. In 2014, 2019 he lost from

Assembly Constituency. He was elected to

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, Upper House of the

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in the 2020 Rajyasabha elections as a member of the

. Mopidevi Venkataramana resigned to YSR Congress party's primary membership and also as Rajya Sabha MP on 29 August 2024. He joined

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in the Presence of Chief Minister

Nara Chandrababu Naidu Nara Chandrababu Naidu (; born 20 April 1950), commonly known as CBN, is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 13th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. He holds the record of longest-serving Chief Minister in the political history ...

on 9 October 2024.

Arrest

Mpidevi Venkatramana was arrested by CBI in alleged VANPIC scam along with Dharmana Prasad Rao during his ministry under

References

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