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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| office = [[Telangana Legislative Council|Member of Legislative Council <br />Telangana]]
| term_start = 30 March 2025
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'''Kethavath Shankar Naik''' (born 14 April 1972) is an Indian politician from [[Telangana]]. He was elected unanimously as Member of [[Telangana Legislative Council]] on 13 March 2025.<ref name="Telangana: Five MLCs elected unanimously under MLA quota">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |date=13 March 2025 |title=Telangana: Five MLCs elected unanimously under MLA quota |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/telangana/telangana-five-mlcs-elected-unanimously-under-mla-quota-1866696 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250313150415/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/telangana/telangana-five-mlcs-elected-unanimously-under-mla-quota-1866696 |archive-date=13 March 2025 |access-date=13 March 2025 |work= |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |language=en}}</ref>

==Political career==
Shankar Naik started his political career with [[Indian National Congress]] and in 2001 he was appointed as Dameracherla congress mandal president. He was elected as ZPTC from [[Dameracherla]] in 2001, [[Damarcherla mandal|Dameracherla MPP]] in 2006, Congress block committee president in 2011. Shankar Naik was re-elected as ZPTC in 2018 from [[Dameracherla|Damaracharla]] and was appointed as [[Nalgonda district]] Congress committee president in 2018.

Shankar Naik was announced as MLC candidate under the MLAs quota on 9 March 2025<ref name="MLC polls: Vijayashanti in 3 Cong picks; CPI to contest 1">{{cite news |title=MLC polls: Vijayashanti in 3 Cong picks; CPI to contest 1 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/mlc-polls-vijayashanti-in-3-cong-picks-cpi-to-contest-1/articleshow/118824811.cms |access-date=13 March 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |date=10 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250313152013/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/mlc-polls-vijayashanti-in-3-cong-picks-cpi-to-contest-1/articleshow/118824811.cms |archive-date=13 March 2025}}</ref><ref name="Congress picks three names for MLC seats, leaves one for CPI">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Congress picks three names for MLC seats, leaves one for CPI |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/news/congress-announces-candidates-for-telangana-mlc-polls-1865857 |access-date=13 March 2025 |work= |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |date=9 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250313152818/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/news/congress-announces-candidates-for-telangana-mlc-polls-1865857 |archive-date=13 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Congress names three MLC candidates, gives fourth one to CPI">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Congress names three MLC candidates, gives fourth one to CPI |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/congress-names-three-mlc-candidates-gives-fourth-one-to-cpi/article69310139.ece |access-date=13 March 2025 |publisher=The Hindu |date=9 March 2025 |language=en-IN}}</ref> and filed his nomination on March 10th<ref name="Five MLC candidates file nominations in Telangana">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Five MLC candidates file nominations in Telangana |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2025/Mar/11/five-mlc-candidates-file-nominations-in-telangana |access-date=13 March 2025 |publisher=The New Indian Express |date=11 March 2025 |archive-date= |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Telangana MLC polls: Congress, CPI and BRS candidates to file nominations">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Telangana MLC polls: Congress, CPI and BRS candidates to file nominations |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/congress-cpi-and-brs-candidates-to-file-nominations-for-telangana-mlc-polls-today/article69312475.ece |access-date=13 March 2025 |publisher=The Hindu |date=10 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250313153533/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/congress-cpi-and-brs-candidates-to-file-nominations-for-telangana-mlc-polls-today/article69312475.ece |archive-date=13 March 2025 |language=en-IN}}</ref> and was elected unanimously as Member of [[Telangana Legislative Council]] on 13 March 2025.<ref name="5 MLCs under MLA quota elected unanimously">{{cite news |last1= |date=14 March 2025 |title=5 MLCs under MLA quota elected unanimously |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/news/cities/hyderabad/5-mlcs-under-mla-quota-elected-unanimously-953749 |archive-date= |access-date=14 March 2025 |work= |publisher=The Hans India |language=en}}</ref><ref name="MLC poll: 3 from Cong, 1 each of CPI & BRS win unopposed">{{cite news |date=14 March 2025 |title=MLC poll: 3 from Cong, 1 each of CPI & BRS win unopposed |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/mlc-poll-3-from-cong-1-each-of-cpi-brs-win-unopposed/articleshow/118991525.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250314070909/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/mlc-poll-3-from-cong-1-each-of-cpi-brs-win-unopposed/articleshow/118991525.cms |archive-date=14 March 2025 |access-date=14 March 2025 |publisher=The Times of India}}</ref>

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[[Category:Telugu politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1972 births]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Telangana]]
[[Category:People from Nalgonda district]]
[[Category:Members of the Telangana Legislative Council]]

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