Raghunandan Rao: Difference between revisions

After completing his education, Rao relocated from Siddipet to Patancheru, an industrial area, in 1991 and joined in a reputed Telugu daily newspaper [[Eenadu]] as a news contributor for five years. He Subsequently enrolled as an advocate in the bar association of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=BJP Member, "Raghunandan Rao"|url=http://www.tbjp.in/en/profile/raghunandan-rao|access-date=2020-09-20|website=www.tbjp.in}}</ref>

Rao started his political career as a [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] member.<ref name="thehindu">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article1089083.ece|title=Harish Rao elected union president - ANDHRA PRADESH - The Hindu|publisher=thehindu.com|accessdate=2016-07-21}}</ref> He was with [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] from 27 April 2001. He is the politburo member and Medak district convenor.<ref name="hindu">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/13/stories/2011031358270300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317044909/http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/13/stories/2011031358270300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-03-17|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Archive News|date=2011-03-13|accessdate=2016-07-21}}</ref> On 14 May 2013 he was suspended from the [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] party<ref name="newindianexpress"/> on allegations of meeting with [[Telugu Desam Party]] president [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]] which he actively denied.<ref name="youtube2">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-im7DvdnEt4|title=YouTube|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=2016-07-21}}</ref> Subsequently he joined in BJP and contested the Legislative Assembly elections from Dubbak constituency of Telangana state in the year 2014. He is state party secretary and MLA of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in [[Telangana]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Raghunandan Rao Madhavaneni|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Politician/raghunandanofficial/about/|access-date=2020-09-20|website=www.facebook.com|language=en}}</ref> Currently he is [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] in [[Telangana Legislative Assembly|Telangana]] [[Dubbak (Assembly constituency)|Dubbak]] in 2020 by-poll election by a margin of 1,074 votes, after death of Solipeta Ramalinga Reddy.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-10|title=Dubbaka Election Results 2020: BJP's M Raghunandan Rao leads TRS' Solipeta Sujatha by 1,470 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/dubbaka-by-poll-results-updates/articleshow/79141029.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111053522/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/dubbaka-by-poll-results-updates/articleshow/79141029.cms|archive-date=2020-11-11|access-date=2020-11-11|website=[[The Times of India]]|language=en}} [https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/dubbak-by-election-result-2020/article33064840.ece Alt URL]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-11|title=M Raghunandan Rao: From TRS politburo member to Dubbak's BJP MLA|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/111120/m-raghunandan-rao-from-trs-politburo-member-to-dubbaks-bjp-mla.html|access-date=2020-11-11|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref>

The police said, a 47-year-old woman made a complaint on February 2020 claiming that she was raped in 2007 by advocate M Raghunandan Rao, following which a rape case was filed against him.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-04|title=Telangana police book BJP leader for alleged rape and blackmail|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/telangana-police-book-bjp-leader-alleged-rape-and-blackmail-117474|access-date=2020-11-10|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref> She claimed the advocate called her to his [[Patancheru]] office in 2007 and offered coffee mixed with some substances and "raped" her when she became unconscious while she filed a harassment case against her husband and maintenance case through Advocate Rao. The police said, the woman claimed in the complaint that the advocate had threatened to post photos taken in compromising positions on [[Social networks]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Rape case filed against BJP leader in Telangana | website=Deccan Herald | date=4 Feb 2020 | url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/rape-case-filed-against-bjp-leader-in-telangana-801299.html | access-date=8 Jul 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2020-02-03|title=Rape case filed against BJP leader in Telangana|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/rape-case-filed-against-bjp-leader-in-telangana-120020301685_1.html|access-date=2020-11-10}}</ref> Rao has called the allegations false.<ref>{{cite web | title=Telangana: Rape case filed against BJP leader - Hyderabad News | website=The Times of India | date=4 Feb 2020 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/rape-case-filed-against-bjp-leader/articleshow/73914718.cms | access-date=8 Jul 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Rape case filed against BJP leader Raghunandan Rao in Telangana|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2020/feb/04/rape-case-filed-against-bjp-leader-raghunandan-rao-in-telangana-2098530.html|access-date=2020-09-20|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>