Naraparaju Ramchander Rao (born 27 April 1959) is an Indian politician and advocate from

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. He is a member of

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and a member of

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. He has been nominated as

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state president on 30th June 2025 He served as the Member of

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(MLC) for Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy and Mahabubnagar Graduates' Constituency from 2015 to 2021. He’s serving as the membership drive incharge of

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. Ramchander Rao started his legal practice in

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in 1985. In 2014, he was elected as a member of the

. He has also been BJP's Chief Spokesperson and the General Secretary of undivided

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State.

Family

Ramchander Rao's father, Professor NVRLN Rao, was Dean of the Faculty of Engineering for

Osmania University Osmania University is a collegiate university, collegiate Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad, issued a ''firman'' calling f ...

. His daughter Amuktha Naraparaju is based in Australia working as Director in the IT sector. His son Avaneesh Naraparaju is a practicing lawyer at Telangana High Court. His wife Savithri passed away in 2017 from prolonged illness.

Early life

Rao took to politics while at Picket

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school during the period of the Emergency. For three consecutive years, he was elected President of the Students' Union (affiliated to

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, (ABVP)) while studying

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at Railway Degree College. For two terms, he was elected as secretary (ABVP) of Osmania Law College Student Union. He was jailed 14 times during his student years. He attended high school in 1977 at

in Picket Secunderabad. His BA came from Railway Degree College Secunderabad in 1980. He secured a

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(Political Science) from Osmania University in 1982, standing second in the examinations. He earned an

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from Osmania University in 1985.

Publications

*He writes a column on Sundays named "Legal Corner" in ''

Andhra Jyothy ''Andhra Jyothi'' (; ) is the third largest circulated Telugu language daily newspaper of India sold mostly in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was founded by K. L. N. Prasad, an Industrialist on 1 July 1960. It is also one of t ...

''. *He contributes legal articles to law journals such as ''Andhra Legal Digest'' and ''Andhra Pradesh Legal Journal''. *He has contributed articles to ''Jana Sandesh'' *He has also written many books, the most recent one was on his debates and discussions in the Telangana Legislative Council.

Positions

* 1977-80—President of Students Union, Railway Degree College * 1982-85— Secretary of Students Union, Osmania University * 1st State secretary for the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha * Legal Cell Convener for AP state BJP Unit. * Joint convener for National Legal Cell * 2008- —State spokesperson for

, first for undivided Andhra Pradesh and then for

Mahabubnagar Mahbubnagar, also informally called as Palamoor and formerly Rukmammapeta, is a city in Mahbubnagar District of the Indian state of Telangana named after the 6th Nizam of Hyderabad, Mahboob Ali Khan. It is the headquarters of Mahbubnagar m ...

* 2011-2013—Andhra Pradesh State General secretary. * 2014 - Member, Bar Council of India * 2015 - MLC, Telangana for Rangareddy, Mahabubnagar & Hyderabad * 2017- President, BJP Hyderabad * Telangana State BJP membership in-charge * 1 July 2025 - Telangana BJP President

Legislature

Rao lost the 2009 election for

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(MLC) for the Graduates’ constituency for Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy and Mahabubnagar districts. He contested in 2014 from Malkajgiri, for Member of Legislative Assembly and lost by a narrow margin. In 2015, he won as Member of Legislative Council (MLC) from Mahabubnagar, Ranga Reddy, Hyderabad Graduates Constituency in Telangana as a BJP candidate. Rao lost to

Surabhi Vani Devi Surabhi Vani Devi (born 1 April 1952) is an Indian politician, academic and artist. She is the daughter of P. V. Narasimha Rao, former Prime Minister of India. She was elected as MLC in Telangana Legislative Council election from Mahbubnagar–R ...

in 2021 Mahabubnagar-Rangareddy-Hyderabad Graduates’ constituency elections.

References

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