Pathipati Pulla Rao popularly known as Pathipati is an Indian politician who formerly worked as

Cabinet Minister A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ' prime minister', ' p ...

in Andhra Pradesh Government between 2014 and 2019. Currently, he is the Member of

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly ( Telugu: ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ శాసన సభ, ISO: ''Āndhra Pradēś Śāsana Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state, Andhra Pradesh. ...

from

Chilakaluripet Chilakaluripet, natively known as Chilakaluripeta, is a city in Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the Mandal headquarters of Chilakaluripet Mandal in Narasaraopet Revenue Division. Geography It is located in the Co ...

. He was elected four times to Assembly of Andhra Pradesh. He belongs to

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (TDP; ) is an Indian regional political party primarily active in the Federated state, states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was founded by Telugu cinema, Telugu matinée idol N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) on 29 March 1982 a ...

of which he was first elected as the legislator in 1999. Following 1999, he was defeated by Marri Rajasekhar in 2004 Andhra Pradesh General Assembly Election. He was again elected in 2009 and 2014 from the

. Between 2014 and 2019, he served as Cabinet Minister and held various portfolios like Agriculture, Agri-Processing, Marketing and warehousing, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, Fisheries, Food & Civil Supplies, Price-Monitoring and Consumer Affairs.

Personal life

He lives in the

, Guntur District of the state of Andhra Pradesh. Prathipati Pulla Rao's (60yrs) father's name is Shri Subba Rao. Pulla Rao married Smt. P. V. Kumari who is a housewife. He has two children Swathi and Sarath Babu.

Education

His highest educational qualification is B.Com. He pursued his B.Com. Pass from VRS and YRN College, Chirala (

Andhra University Andhra University is a public university located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established in 1926. It is graded as an A++ institution by NAAC receiving a score of 3.74 on a scale of 4. History King Vikram Deo Verma, the Mah ...

) in the years 1978 to 1981. He did his intermediate studies from T.J.P.S. College, Guntur in the year 1977. By profession, he is a businessman; he is the director of various companies.

Leadership

Pulla Rao has always placed an emphasis on supporting farmers. In 2015, Prathipati Pulla Rao took part in the Telugu Desam Party's JanaChaitanya Yatra in

Gudivada Gudivada is a city in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Gudivada mandal in Gudivada revenue division. It is one of the cities in the state to be a part of Andhra Pradesh Cap ...

town of

Krishna district Krishna district is a district in the Coastal Andhra region in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, with Machilipatnam as its administrative headquarters. It is surrounded on the East by Bay of Bengal, West by Guntur district, Guntur, Bapatla distric ...

. In that year a total of 2,60,000 hectares of paddy crops were lost in the state due to heavy rains. Nearly 6,000 hectares of fish and prawn cultures were damaged due to rains, therefore he asked the union government to sanction a large amount to Andhra Pradesh and help the farmers.

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References

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