Ponnada Venkata Satish Kumar (born 1974) is an Indian politician from

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. He was a former member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing the

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from

Mummidivaram Assembly constituency Mummidivaram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Konaseema district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Amalapuram Lok Sabha cons ...

in the erstwhile

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. He was elected in the

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from Mummidivaram in the present

Konaseema District Konaseema district (officially Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema district) is a List of districts of Andhra Pradesh, district in Konaseema region of Andhra Pradesh in India. It is situated between the tributaries of the Godavari River in the Coas ...

Early life and education

Kumar was born in

Mummidivaram Mummidivaram is a town in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district of Andhra Pradesh, India. The Mummidivaram revenue block was formed out of the Amalapuram tehsil in July 1969. It is the second largest town in Konaseema district. Geography Mummidiv ...

Nagar, Konaseema district, Andhra Pradesh. He is the son of Satya Rao. He studied intermediate (plus two) from SKBR college,

Amalapuram Amalapuram is a town in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the district headquarters and largest town of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema district. It is the mandal and divisional headquarters of Amalapuram mandal and Amalapuram revenue di ...

. He runs his own business.

Career

Kumar started his political journey with the

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. He was elected in the

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representing the

from Mummidivaram Assembly constituency in Konaseema district. Later, he joined

and won the

from the same seat. However, he lost the

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to Datla Subbaraju of the Telugu Desam Party by a margin of 38,736 votes. He was nominated to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Trust Board in September 2023.

Riots

In May 2022, protesters burned his house and Minister

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's house in protest against renaming of the Konaseema district. Later, Andhra Pradesh government withdrew all cases related to the riots.

References

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