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Dadichiluka Veera Gouri Sankara Rao | |
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| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 199 -2004 | |
| Preceded by | Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo |
| Succeeded by | Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo |
| Constituency | Parvathipuram constituency |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 April 1968 Palika valasa, Vizianagaram(Dt.), Andhra Pradesh |
| Political party | Telugu Desam Party |
| Spouse(s) | Swarnalatha |
Dadichiluka Veera Gouri Sankara Rao (born 30 April 1968), sometimes called D. Shankar Rao or D.V.G. Shankar Rao, is an Indian anesthesiologist and politician who served as a Telugu Desam Party member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and of the Lok Sabha.
Background
Shankar Rao is an adivasi, and was born 30 April 1968 in Palika Valasu village. He earned his M.B.B.S. and later specialised in anesthesiology in earning his medical doctorate. He became active in the T.D.P. in his district, and was nominated to and served in the Andhra Pradesh L.A.
Lok Sabha
In the 1999 general election Shankar Rao was elected as a member of the Lok Sabha from Parvathipuram constituency, a seat reserved for members of the scheduled tribes. He won with 304,000 votes (49.54%) to 290,719 (47.38%) for his Congress opponent, Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo, and 18,952 for two minor opponents. He was appointed to the Lok Sabha Standing Committee on Labour and Welfare, and served until the 2004 election, when he sought unsuccessfully re-election.[1]
Personal life
He is married to Swarnalata. He enjoys reading and writing poetry; a collection of his poetry in Telugu, Assa Geevulu, has been published. [citation needed]
References
- ↑ Rao, V.Chalapati "Andhra Pradesh: VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT: Irrigation, health major areas of concern" Archived 20 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine The Hindu 4 March 2004