Daggubati Purandeswari

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Daggubati Purandeswari
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Personal details
Born
Nandamuri Purandeswari

(1959-04-22) 22 April 1959 (age 65)
Madras, Madras State, (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu) India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2014-Present)
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress (2004-2014)
Spouse
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(m. 1979)​
RelationsSee Nandamuri–Nara family
Children2
ParentN. T. Rama Rao (father)
EducationB.A. (Literature) and Graduate in Gemology
Alma materSouth Indian Educational Trust Women College (Chennai)
Gemmological Institute of India Profession Political & Social Worker
As of 17 May, 2009
Source: [1]

Daggubati Purandeswari (born 22 April 1959) is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh and the

Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2009 and MoS in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
in 2012.

She represented 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]

As a Member of Parliament

Purandeswari participated in debate on various bills such as 'Domestic Violence Bill, Hindu Succession Amendment Bill, and the bill on the establishment of special courts exclusively for trying cases of women to name a few' and made meaningful contributions. In appreciation of her performance in Parliament, the Asian Age adjudged her as the best Parliamentarian for 2004–05.

Life and education

Born to

gemmology at the Gemmological Institute of India in 1996.[9] Later she established Hyderabad Institute of Gem and Jewellery in 1997. She can read, write and speak five languages, English, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and French. She is versatile in the Indian dance form Kuchipudi.[10] She married Daggubati Venkateswara Rao on 9 May 1979 and they have a daughter, Nivedita and son, Hitesh Chenchuram.[11] She is a sister to Nandamuri Harikrishna and Nandamuri Balakrishna, sister-in-law to N. Chandrababu Naidu, niece to N. Trivikrama Rao, aunt to Nara Lokesh and Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Nandamuri Suhasini and Taraka Ratna
.

References

  1. ^ 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")
  2. ^ "NTR's daughter D Purandareswari joins BJP". NDTV. 7 March 2014.
  3. ^ "BJP creates OBC morcha ahead of Bihar election".
  4. ^ "With an eye on Bihar, UP polls, BJP forms OBC Morcha to boost electoral fortunes". 4 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Former Union Minister Purandeswari appointed Odisha BJP in-charge". argusnews.in.
  6. ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Fifth-list-bjp-candidates-ensuing-general-elections-2024-parliamentary-constituencies". Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Southern Sushma Swaraj Sets the Pace". Archived from the original on 24 March 2015.
  9. ^ ‘Hinduism to me is a way of life’ Indian Express- 11 January 2009
  10. ^ "Dr. Daggubati Purandeswari". Archived from the original on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  11. ^ "NTR's grandson Hitesh Chenchuram joins YSR Congress". Business Standard India. 27 February 2019.

External links

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