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Velagapalli Varaprasad Rao
Member of parliament for Tirupati
In office 26 May 2014 – 24 May 2019
Preceded by
Chinta Mohan
Succeeded by
Balli Durga Prasad Rao
Constituency
Tirupati
Personal details
Born
(1953-05-15) 15 May 1953 (age 71) Kommalmudi, Krishna, Andhra Pradesh
Nationality
Indian
Political party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Velagapalli Lakshmi
Children
2
Residence
Gudur
Alma mater
Andhra University
As of 31 March, 2024
Source: [1]
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Velagapalli Varaprasada Rao is an Indian politician and was a Member of Parliament of the 16th Lok Sabha from Tirupati (Lok Sabha constituency), Andhra Pradesh. He won the Indian general election, 2014 being a Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party candidate.
Rao was born on 15 May 1953. He was an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the 1983 batch of the Tamilnadu Cadre. During his tenure in the civil services, he held several top positions, including that of Principal Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai. In 2009, he opted for voluntary retirement to enter politics and serve the people of his native state, Andhra Pradesh.
In 2019 assembly election, Rao was elected as an MLA for Gudur Constituency in Andhra Pradesh (AP), representing the YSRCP party. Formerly, he was an MP from the Tirupati Constituency. He resigned from this post last year as the Central Government denied special category status to AP.
V Varaprasad Rao quit YSRCP on 24 March 2024, joined the BJP in New Delhi.[1] He was shortly announced as the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from the Tirupati Constituency for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.[2]
^The Hindu (24 March 2024). "YSRCP leader Varaprasad Rao, Former IAF chief R.K.S. Bhadauria join BJP ahead of Lok Sabha polls". Archived from the original on 25 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
^"Fifth-list-bjp-candidates-ensuing-general-elections-2024-parliamentary-constituencies". Retrieved 25 March 2024.
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