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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1970)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dr. Tellam Venkata Rao
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|01|25}}
| birth_place = Chinabadevu, Dummugudem Mandal, [[Bhadradri Kothagudem district]], [[Telangana]], [[India]]<ref name="Bhadrachalam: A commitment to serving people">{{cite news |last1=The Hans India |title=Bhadrachalam: A commitment to serving people |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/news/cities/khammam/bhadrachalam-a-commitment-to-serving-people-831630 |access-date=7 April 2024 |work= |date=22 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407152416/https://www.thehansindia.com/news/cities/khammam/bhadrachalam-a-commitment-to-serving-people-831630 |archive-date=7 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
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| constituency1 = [[Bhadrachalam Assembly constituency|Bhadrachalam]]
| office1 = [[Telangana Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly<br/>Telangana]]
| term_start1 = 3 December 2023
| predecessor1 = [[Podem Veeraiah]]
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| occupation = Politician, Doctor
| party = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| other_party = [[Bharat Rashtra Samithi|BRS]]
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| spouse = Praveena
| children = Nikitha, Rishitha<ref name="Tellam Venkata Rao 2023 Election Affidavit">{{cite news |title=Tellam Venkata Rao 2023 Election Affidavit |url=https://m.sakshi.com/ts-elections-2023/assets/affidivits/Venkatrao-Thellam.pdf |accessdate=7 April 2024 |date=2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407155208/https://m.sakshi.com/ts-elections-2023/assets/affidivits/Venkatrao-Thellam.pdf |archivedate=7 April 2024}}</ref>
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'''Dr. Tellam Venkata Rao''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[politician]] who is currently serving as a member of the [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]] from [[Bhadrachalam Assembly constituency|Bhadrachalam]] since 23 December 2023.<ref name="Doctors turn netas, 15 to enter Telangana House">{{cite news |last1=The Times of India |title=Doctors turn netas, 15 to enter Telangana House |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/docs-turn-netas-15-to-enter-house/articleshow/105739813.cms |access-date=7 April 2024 |date=5 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407151934/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/docs-turn-netas-15-to-enter-house/articleshow/105739813.cms |archive-date=7 April 2024}}</ref>

==Potitical career==
Tellam Venkata Rao started his political journey after resigning to his government medical post in 2014 and joined [[YSR Congress Party]] and contested as MP from [[Mahabubabad Lok Sabha constituency]] and lost. He later joined [[TRS party]] and served as State Secretary of the [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]]. Venkata Rao contested the 2018 assembly elections as a TRS candidate from [[Bhadrachalam Assembly constituency|Bhadrachalam constituency]] and lost to [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] Candidate Podem Veeraiah with a margin of 11,785 votes. He quit the [[Bharat Rashtra Samithi |Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS)]] and joined the [[Indian National Congress|Congress party]] in July 2023 ahead of 2023 Assembly Elections and returned to the [[Bharat Rashtra Samithi|BRS]] in August 2023 as he is not sure of getting ticket from the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] for the Bhadrachalam seat.<ref name="Tellam Venkat Rao returns toBRS a month after joining Cong">{{cite news |last1=The Times of India |title=Tellam Venkat Rao returns toBRS a month after joining Cong |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/tellam-venkat-rao-returns-tobrs-a-month-after-joining-cong/articleshow/102817316.cms |access-date=7 April 2024 |date=18 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407151526/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/tellam-venkat-rao-returns-tobrs-a-month-after-joining-cong/articleshow/102817316.cms |archive-date=7 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="After short tryst with Congress, Ponguleti’s aide back in BRS fold">{{cite news |last1=The New Indian Express |first1= |title=After short tryst with Congress, Ponguleti's aide back in BRS fold |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/telangana/2023/Aug/18/after-short-tryst-with-congress-ponguletis-aide-back-in-brs-fold-2606330.html |access-date=7 April 2024 |date=18 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407153428/https://www.newindianexpress.com/telangana/2023/Aug/18/after-short-tryst-with-congress-ponguletis-aide-back-in-brs-fold-2606330.html |archive-date=7 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

Tellam Venkata Rao contested the [[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2023 Assembly election]] from the [[Bhadrachalam Assembly constituency|Bhadrachalam]] and won by a margin of 5,719 votes, defeating Congress candidate Podem Veeraiah.<ref name="Dr Tellam Venkata Rao Election Result 2023 LIVE: Bhadrachalam Result Tally Updates">{{cite news |title=Dr Tellam Venkata Rao Election Result 2023 LIVE: Bhadrachalam Result Tally Updates |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/telangana/dr-tellam-venkata-rao-assembly-candidate-s29aed2008a119e2023c004/ |access-date=7 April 2024 |work= |date=2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407154934/https://www.news18.com/elections/telangana/dr-tellam-venkata-rao-assembly-candidate-s29aed2008a119e2023c004/ |archive-date=7 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref> He later joined the Ruling Congress party on 7 April 2024 in the presence of TPCC president and Chief Minister [[A.Revanth Reddy]] and Revenue Minister [[Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy]].<ref name="Lone BRS MLA in Khammam district joins Congress">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |title=Lone BRS MLA in Khammam district joins Congress |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/lone-brs-mla-in-khammam-district-joins-congress/article68039258.ece |access-date=7 April 2024 |date=7 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407151426/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/lone-brs-mla-in-khammam-district-joins-congress/article68039258.ece |archive-date=7 April 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Telangana]]
[[Category:1970 births]]
[[Category:People from Bhadradri Kothagudem district]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Telangana MLAs 2023–2028]]

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