Dadichiluka Veera Gouri Sankara Rao

Dadichiluka Veera Gouri Sankara Rao
Dadichiluka Veera Gouri Sankara Rao
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 (age 55); Palika valasa, Vizianagaram(Dt.), Andhra Pradesh
Political party	Telugu Desam Party
Spouse(s)	Swarnalatha

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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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

↑ Rao, V.Chalapati "Andhra Pradesh: VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT: Irrigation, health major areas of concern"^[usurped] The Hindu 4 March 2004

[1] Rao, V.Chalapati "Andhra Pradesh: VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT: Irrigation, health major areas of concern"^[usurped] The Hindu 4 March 2004

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