Thummala Nageswara Rao

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2011}}
{{infobox officeholder
| name = T. Nageshwar Rao
| image = Thummala Nageshwar Rao.jpg
| image_size = 180px
| caption =
| office = Roads and Buildings Minister of [[Government of Telangana]]
| term_start = 16 December 2014
| term_end = 28 November 2018
| predecessor = Position Established
| successor = [[Vemula Prashanth Reddy]]
| office1 = Member of Legislative Assembly ([[Palair (Assembly constituency)|Palair]])
| term_start1 = May 2016
| term_end1 = November 2018
| succeeding1 =
| predecessor1 = Ramireddy Venkatareddy
| constituency = Paleru
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1953|11|15}}
| birth_place = [[Gollagudem]], [[Khammam District]], [[Telangana State|Telangana]], [[India]]
| residence = [[Khammam]], Telangana
| education = B.Com
| spouse =
| children = Tummala Yugandhar, Mohini Popuri, Chandrika Vallabhaneni
| alma_mater =
| party = [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]]
}}

Other Names = అభివృద్ధి ప్రదాత{{}}

'''Thummala Nageswara Rao''' is [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] (TRS) politician who has at various times been a minister in the [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]] and, later, in the [[Government of Telangana]].<ref name="hindu" /> He is from the [[Khammam district]].

==Early life==
Nageshwar Rao was born on 15 November 1953 and is from Gollagudem village ([[Gandugula Palli]]) of [[Dammapeta]] [[Tehsil|Mandal]] in [[Khammam]] [[District]]. He completed B.Com before entering in politics.{{fact|date=February 2020}}

==Career==
He joined TDP in 1982 election but lost the 1983 election. Rao was elected on three occasions to the [[Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh]] as a [[Telugu Desam Party]] (TDP) candidate from [[Sathupalle (SC) (Assembly constituency)|Sathupalli constituency]], in [[1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]], [[1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1994]] and [[1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1999]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sathupalli (SC) (Telangana) Assembly Constituency Elections |url=http://www.elections.in/telangana/assembly-constituencies/sathupalli.html |publisher=Infobase |accessdate=2017-07-18}}</ref>

Though he is actually from [[Sathupalli]], due to changes in reservation of seats in constituencies, he contested the [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2009 elections]] from the [[Khammam (Assembly constituency)|Khammam constituency]] and defeated his opponents Younis Sulthan and Jalagam Venkatrao.

He contested that seat again in the [[2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|elections of 2014]] and lost by a margin of little over 6,000 votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Khammam (Telangana) Assembly Constituency Elections |url=http://www.elections.in/telangana/assembly-constituencies/khammam.html |publisher=Infobase |accessdate=2017-07-18}}</ref> On that latter occasion, the election was for the [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]] due to the [[bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh]].

He joined [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] in September 2014,<ref name="hindu"/><ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/tummala-nageswar-rao-tdp-trs-chandrababu-naidu-kcr-telangana/1/380046.html Telangana leader Tummala Nageswar Rao quits TDP, may join TRS]</ref> and was inducted into cabinet in December 2014 and serving as Minister for Roads and Buildings Department in present TRS Government.<ref>[http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/Tummala-Joins-TRS-Along-With-Host-of-TD-Leaders/2014/09/06/article2417281.ece Tummala Joins TRS Along With Host of TD Leaders]</ref>

Having served for some time as a member of the [[Telangana Legislative Council]], in May 2016 Rao again gained an Assembly seat when he won the [[Palair (Assembly constituency)|Palair constituency]] in a by-election,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.siasat.com/news/fareeduddin-takes-oath-mlc-pledges-join-hands-cm-golden-telangana-1046552/|title=Fareeduddin takes oath as MLC, pledges to join hands with CM for Golden Telangana|work=The Siasat Daily|date=21 October 2016}}</ref>
winning with a majority of 45,676 votes.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/trs-wrests-palair-assembly-seat-from-congress-with-huge-win/story-7V98nCeijW4ujcX4xcbXgM.html TRS wrests Palair assembly seat from Congress with huge win]</ref> On this occasion he was a [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]] candidate,<ref>{{cite news |work=NDTV |url=http://www.ndtv.com/telangana-news/trs-nominates-nageswara-rao-for-palair-seat-bypoll-1398402 |title=TRS Nominates Nageswara Rao For Palair Seat Bypoll |date=22 April 2016 |agency=PTI |accessdate=2017-07-18}}</ref> and was inducted into cabinet in December 2014, serving as Minister for Roads and Buildings.

==Positions held==
As a TDP MLA in the Andhra Pradesh legislature, Rao was Minor Irrigation Minister in the cabinet led by [[N. T. Rama Rao]] and held the ministerial portfolios of Prohibition and Excise, Major Irrigation, and Roads and Buildings at various times during the successive governments led by [[Chandrababu Naidu]].<ref name="hindu">{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title=Khammam ultimately gets representation in Cabinet |first=Ponnam |last=Sridhar |date=17 December 2014 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/khammam-ultimately-gets-representation-in-cabinet/article6697825.ece |accessdate=13 February 2020}}</ref>

In December 2014, soon after leaving the TDP for the TRS, Rao became a minister in the TRS cabinet. He took the portfolios of Roads and Buildings, and Women and Child Development.<ref>{{cite news |work=Business Line |date=16 December 2014 |title=Telangana Cabinet expanded |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/telangana-cabinet-expanded/article6697147.ece |accessdate=2017-07-18}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Telangana Rashtra Samithi politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
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[[Category:1953 births]]
[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature, 1985–1989]]
[[Category:Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature, 1994–1999]]
[[Category:Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature, 1999–2004]]
[[Category:Telangana MLAs 2014–2018]]
[[Category:Members of the Telangana Legislative Council]]
[[Category:People from Khammam district]]

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