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| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[ Rajya Sabha]]<br />
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'''Mentay Padmanabham''' (born 1934) was an Indian politician. He was a [[Member of Parliament]] representing [[Andhra Pradesh]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] the [[upper house]] of [[Parliament of India|India's Parliament]] as member of the [[Telugu Desam Party]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/p.pdf | title=RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003 | publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]] | accessdate=16 April 2018}}</ref> He was also the Joint Secretary of [[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]], Andhra Pradesh, between 1957 and 1958. He was the [[General Secretary]], [[Janata Party]] after the [[The Emergency (India)|Indian Emergency]] between 1977 and 1980.<br />
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In 1999 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections, he has contested as a candidate of [[Indian National Congress]] candidate from [[Palakollu (Assembly constituency)|Palakollu]] and lost with a margin of about 12,000 votes.<ref>https://ceotelangana.nic.in/Archives/StasticalReports/StatRep_AP_1999.pdf</ref><br />
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==Legacy==<br />
Mentey Padmanabham College of Engineering and Technology was established in 2008. It was founded in the name of parliamentarian by Bhimavaram Education Society at [[Bhimavaram]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collegedunia.com/college/14324-mentey-padmanabham-college-of-engineering-and-technology-mpcet-bhimavaram|title = Mentey Padmanabham College of Engineering and Technology - &#91;MPCET&#93;, Bhimavaram - Admissions, Contact, Website, Facilities 2021-2022}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:20th-century Indian politicians]]</div>->FeanorStar7