Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao

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Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao
Minister for Tourism, Culture and Youth Advancement
Government of Andhra Pradesh
Assumed office
8 June 2019
Preceded byBhuma Akhila Priya, TDP
Member of the Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byGanta Srinivasa Rao
ConstituencyBheemili
In office
2009–2014
Preceded byKarri Seetharamu
Succeeded byGanta Srinivasa Rao
ConstituencyBheemili
Member of parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2014–2019
Preceded bySabbam Hari
Succeeded byBeesetti Venkata Satyavathi
ConstituencyAnakapalli
Personal details
Born12 Jun 1967
Eluru, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political partyYSR Congress Party (From 2019)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse(s)M. Gnaneswari
Children1 daughter, 1 son
ResidenceVisakhapatnam
OccupationPolitician, educationalist
Websitewww.avanthisrinivasarao.com

Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao, popularly known as Avanthi Srinivas, is an Indian educationalist turned politician.

He was the Member of the Legislative Assembly from Bheemili, Andhra Pradesh. He operates Avanthi Education Institutes in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana under Avanthi Educational Society, Visakhapatnam. He won the 2014 Indian general election as a candidate.[1]

Personal life[edit]

He was born on 12 Jun 1967 to Muttamsetti Venkata Narayana and Smt. Muttamsetti Nageswaramma. He married Smt. M. Gnaneswari on 20 Jun 1986 and has 2 children – 1 daughter: Priyanka, 1 son: Nandish.[2]

Political career[edit]

He was a member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly between 2009 and 2014. In May, 2014 he was elected to 16th Lok Sabha. At the Lok Sabha, he was the member of the Rules Committee; Standing Committee on Industry and the Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development.[2]

On 14 February 2019, he quit the TDP to join the YSRCP.[3]

He was elected as Bheemili constituency as member of legislative assembly from the second time in the 2019 elections. He had also won in the same constituency in the 2009. He was appointed as Minister for Tourism, Culture and Youth Advancement of Andhra Pradesh.

Assembly elections 2019[edit]

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhimli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao 101629 44.21 +9.63
TDP Sabbam Hari 91917 39.98 -0.99
Jana Sena Panchakarla Sandeep 24248 10.55 +10.55
Majority 9712 9.63
Turnout 217794 94.74


References[edit]

  1. "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Members : Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.192. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  3. "Jolt to TDP as MP Srinivas joins YSRC". The Times of India.


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