Balli Durga Prasad Rao (15 June 1956 – 16 September 2020) was an Indian politician.
Biography
He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the YSR Congress Party.
Balli Durga Prasad Rao was elected as MLA from Gudur Assembly constituency, Andhra Pradesh. He served as MLA from 1985 to 1989, 1994–1999, 1999-2004 & 2009-2014 (4 terms). He also served as Minister for Primary Education from 1996 to 1998 in the NTR government. He became MLA at the age of 28 years. He served as Member of PAC, Andhra Pradesh (2009-2014). [2][3][4] He joined YSRCP in 2019.
In September 2020, Prasad Rao tested positive for COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in India and he was hospitalized at a hospital in Chennai. He suffered cardiac arrest on 16 September and was pronounced dead.[5]
In 2021, his son, Balli Kalyanachakravarthy, was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council.[6]
References
- ^ "Tirupati MP Balli Durga Prasad Rao dies of Covid-19". Sandeep Raghavan. The Times of India. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ "Tirupati Election Results 2019 Live Updates: Balli Durga Prasad Rao of YSRCP Wins". News 18. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ "Tirupati Election Results 2019: YSRCP's Balli Durga Prasad Rao has won with 228376 votes". Times Now. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ Report on the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, and Sikkim Held in 1994: Statistical. Election Commission of India. 1995. p. 136. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ "Tirupati MP dies, becomes 2nd sitting parliamentarian to succumb to Covid". The Times of India. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "All six YSRCP candidates unanimously get elected as MLCs". The Siasat Daily. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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