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Daggubati Purandeswari
13th President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 July 2023
National President
J. P. Nadda
Preceded by
Somu Veerraju
Minister of State Human Resource Development Government of India
In office 29 January 2006 – 28 October 2012 served along with E. Ahmed (2011-2012)
Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh
Minister
Arjun Singh Kapil Sibal
Preceded by
Kanti Singh
Succeeded by
Jitin Prasada
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1 June 2009 – 28 May 2014
Preceded by
Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy
Succeeded by
K. Hari Babu
Constituency
Visakhapatnam
In office 29 May 2004 – 31 May 2009
Preceded by
D. Ramanaidu
Succeeded by
Panabaka Lakshmi
Constituency
Bapatla
Personal details
Born
Nandamuri Purandeswari
(1959-04-22) 22 April 1959 (age 65) Madras, Madras State, (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu) India
Political party
Bharatiya Janata Party (2014-present)
Other political affiliations
Indian National Congress (2004-2014)
Spouse
Daggubati Venkateswara Rao
(m. 1979)
Relations
See Nandamuri–Nara family
Children
2
Parent
N. T. Rama Rao (father)
Education
B.A. (Literature) and Graduate in Gemology
Alma mater
South Indian Educational Trust Women College (Chennai) Gemmological Institute of India
Profession Political & Social Worker
As of 17 May, 2009
Source: [1]
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Daggubati Purandeswari (born 22 April 1959) is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh and
the State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh since 2023. She had served as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2009 and MoS in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in 2012.
She represented the Visakhapatnam constituency of Andhra Pradesh as a Member of Parliament of Indian National Congress in the 15th Lok Sabha of India. She had previously represented the Bapatla constituency in the 14th Lok Sabha from the Indian National Congress.[1] She joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 7 March 2014 after resigning from the Indian National Congress, as a mark of protest against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh that was favoured by the then United Progressive Alliance government.[2]
In 2014, she fought the Lok Sabha election on a BJP ticket from Rajampet and lost. Purandareswari was appointed the BJP Mahila Morcha Prabhari.[3][4] She continues as the appointed state in-charge of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Odisha unit since 13 November 2020.[5][unreliable source?] On July 4, 2023, the central leadership of the BJP appointed her as the President of the Andhra Pradesh BJP.[6] In March 2024, she was announced as the BJP candidate from the Rajahmundry Constituency for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.[7]
Her eloquence, articulation and impassioned speeches have earned her the title of the "Sushma Swaraj of the South".[8]
^New railway zone now a political decision, says Purandeswari. Retrieved from The Hindu 12/25/2013. (article dated "Updated: December 25, 2013 13:32 IST")
^"NTR's daughter D Purandareswari joins BJP". NDTV. 7 March 2014.
^"BJP creates OBC morcha ahead of Bihar election".
^"With an eye on Bihar, UP polls, BJP forms OBC Morcha to boost electoral fortunes". 4 July 2015.
^"Former Union Minister Purandeswari appointed Odisha BJP in-charge". argusnews.in.
^"Daggubati Purandeswari appointed as new BJP Andhra Pradesh unit president". The Hindu. 4 July 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
^"Fifth-list-bjp-candidates-ensuing-general-elections-2024-parliamentary-constituencies". Retrieved 25 March 2024.
^"Southern Sushma Swaraj Sets the Pace". Archived from the original on 24 March 2015.
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