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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1962)}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|06|08|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Nizampatam]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start = 22 June 2020
| term_end = 29 August 2024
| predecessor = [[Thota Seetharama Lakshmi]]
| constituency = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]]
| office2 = [[Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy Ministry|Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Marketing]] [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_start2 = 30 May 2019
| term_end2 = 21 July 2020
| governor2 = [[E. S. L. Narasimhan]] [[Biswabhusan Harichandan]]
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = [[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy]]
| predecessor2 = [[Adinarayana Reddy]]
| successor2 = [[Seediri Appalaraju]]
| office3 = [[Second Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ministry|Minister of Excise & Prohibition]] [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_start3 = 25 May 2009
| term_end3 = 25 May 2012
| governor3 = [[N. D. Tiwari]] [[E. S. L. Narasimhan]]
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata3 = [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]] [[Konijeti Rosaiah]] [[Kiran Kumar Reddy]]
| predecessor3 = [[Jakkampudi Rammohan Rao]]
| successor3 =
| office4 = [[First Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ministry|Minister of Infrastructure & Investment, Ports, Airports and Natural Gas]] [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_start4 = 26 April 2007
| term_end4 = 20 May 2009
| governor4 = [[N. D. Tiwari]]
| 1blankname4 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata4 = [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]]
| predecessor4 = Konathala Ramakrishna
| successor4 = [[Komatireddy Venkat Reddy]]
| office5 = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh]]
| constituency5 = [[Repalle (Assembly constituency)|Repalle]]
| term_start5 = 2009
| term_end5 = 2014
| predecessor5 = Devineni Mallikharjunarao
| successor5 = Anagani Satya Prasad
| constituency6 = [[Kuchinapudi Assembly constituency|Kuchinapudi]]
| term_start6 = 1999
| term_end6 = 2009
| predecessor6 = Seetharamamma Evuru
| successor6 = ''Constituency Dissolved''
| party = [[Telugu Desam Party]] (2024-Incumbent)
| other_party = [[Indian National Congress]] (1999 - 2012) [[YSR Congress Party]] (2012 - 2024)
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
'''Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao''' (born 1962, [[Nizampatam]]) is an Indian politician, who served as the [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]] from [[YSR Congress Party]] representing Andhra Pradesh. He was the former cabinet minister under [[Kiran Kumar Reddy]]. He also served as Ports, infrastructure and investments minister under [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]].

==Personal life==
He is S/o late Mopidevi Veeraragaviah, he has completed his graduation from Loyola degree college, Vijayawada.

==Political career==
In 1989, 1994 he contested and lost from Kuchinapudi Assembly Constituency. In 1999, 2004 he won from Kuchinapudi Assembly Constituency. In 2009, he won from [[Repalle (Assembly constituency)|Repalle]] Assembly Constituency. In 2014, 2019 he lost from [[Repalle (Assembly constituency)|Repalle]] Assembly Constituency.

He was elected to [[Rajya Sabha]], Upper House of the [[Parliament of India]] from [[Andhra Pradesh]] in the [[Rajya Sabha|2020 Rajyasabha elections]] as a member of the [[YSR Congress Party]].<ref>{{cite web |date=20 June 2020 |title=Parimal Nathwani among four elected to Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh on YSR Congress tickets |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/parimal-nathwani-among-four-elected-to-rajya-sabha-from-andhra-pradesh-on-ysr-congress-tickets/articleshow/76476874.cms |accessdate=20 June 2020 |work=P Pavan |publisher=Mumbai Mirror}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 June 2020 |title=All four Rajya Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh go to YSRC while TDP secures just 17 votes |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2020/jun/20/all-four-rajya-sabha-seats-in-andhra-pradesh-go-to-ysrc-while-tdp-secures-just-17-votes-2158956.html |accessdate=20 June 2020 |publisher=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref name="Mopidevi rewarded for loyalty to the YSR family">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |date=19 June 2020 |title=Mopidevi rewarded for loyalty to the YSR family |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/mopidevi-rewarded-for-loyalty-to-the-ysr-family/article31872792.ece |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008015937/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/mopidevi-rewarded-for-loyalty-to-the-ysr-family/article31872792.ece |archivedate=8 October 2020 |accessdate=21 June 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

Mopidevi Venkataramana resigned to YSR Congress party's primary membership and also as Rajya Sabha MP on 29 August 2024.<ref name="Two YSRCP MPs of Rajya Sabha resign, party set to lose ground in Upper House">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |date=29 August 2024 |title=Two YSRCP MPs of Rajya Sabha resign, party set to lose ground in Upper House |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/two-ysrcp-mps-of-rajya-sabha-resign/article68580468.ece |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205115154/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/two-ysrcp-mps-of-rajya-sabha-resign/article68580468.ece |archivedate=5 December 2024 |accessdate=5 December 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref> He joined [[Telugu Desam Party]] in the presence of Chief Minister [[N. Chandrababu Naidu|Nara Chandrababu Naidu]] on 9 October 2024.<ref name="YSRCP former MPs Mopidevi, Beeda Masthan Rao join TDP">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |date=9 October 2024 |title=YSRCP former MPs Mopidevi, Beeda Masthan Rao join TDP |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ysrcp-former-mps-mopidevi-beeda-masthan-rao-join-tdp/article68737691.ece |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205120452/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ysrcp-former-mps-mopidevi-beeda-masthan-rao-join-tdp/article68737691.ece |archivedate=5 December 2024 |accessdate=5 December 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

== Arrest ==
Mpidevi Venkatramana was arrested by CBI in alleged [[VANPIC]] scam along with [[Dharmana Prasada Rao|Dharmana Prasad Rao]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=CBI shocks Andhra govt, orders prosecution of two Congress ministers in VANPIC case |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/cbi-andhra-govt-prosecution-dharmana-prasada-rao-venkataramana-rao-152202-2013-01-20 |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> during his [[Kiran Kumar Reddy ministry|ministry]] under [[Kiran Kumar Reddy]].

==References==
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[[Category:1962 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:YSR Congress Party politicians]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh]]

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