Dharmana Prasada Rao

Dharmana Prasada Rao
Dharmana Prasada Rao
Minister for Revenue, Stamps and Registration; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 11 April 2022
Governor	S. Abdul Nazeer; Biswabhusan Harichandan;
Chief Minister	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Preceded by	Dharmana Krishna Das
Minister of Roads & Buildings; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 25 May 2009 – 8 August 2013
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan; N. D. Tiwari;
Chief Minister	Kiran Kumar Reddy; Konijeti Rosaiah; Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy;
Preceded by	Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Revenue, Relief and ; Rehabilitation & Urban Land Ceiling; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 14 May 2004 – 20 May 2009
Governor	N. D. Tiwari; Rameshwar Thakur; Sushilkumar Shinde; Surjit Singh Barnala;
Chief Minister	Narasannapeta
Personal details
Political party	YSR Congress Party (2014–present)
Other political; affiliations	Indian National Congress (until 2014)

Dharmana Prasada Rao is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Srikakulam. He is the Minister of Roads and Buildings (R&B) and a former Revenue minister of Andhra Pradesh.^[1]

Political career

Dharmana Prasada Rao is a politician and state leader of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) from Srikakulam district. Dharmana Prasada Rao won 5 terms as an MLA from Srikakulam Assembly Constituency, including the 2019 election.^{[citation needed]}

He has served as Textiles, Sports, and Water Resource Minister in the cabinet of

N Kiran Kumar Reddy. He reached his current position from the position of Village councilor (Sarpanch).^{[citation needed}

]

In August 2012, he resigned from the cabinet ministry following a chargesheet by the Central Bureau of Investigation on him alleging corruption in VANPIC project.^[2]

He left Congress and joined YSRCP on 9 Feb 2014.^[3] He won the 2019 assembly elections to Gunda Lakshmi Devi of Telugu Desam Party.^[4]

VANPIC case

In April 2012, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) questioned Dharmana in relation to the disproportionate assets case, that it was investigating against Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. CBI questioned the motives behind passing GOs, when he was the revenue minister, allocating land to several projects including VANPIC.^[1]

In August 2012, CBI filed a chargesheet naming Dharmana as accused number 5, along with Jagan Mohan Reddy,

Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy has not accepted the resignation. However, Dharmana has since stayed away from the cabinet meetings.^[2]

In January 2013, a CBI court has permitted the prosecution of the case.[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Jagan assets case: Dharmana grilled". The Times of India. 14 April 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sudhir, Uma; Bhatt, Abhinav (21 January 2013). "Andhra Pradesh minister to be prosecuted in VANPIC case". NDTV. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "Cong MLA Dharmana joins Jagan's YSRCP".
^ "Srikakulam Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh". www.elections.in.
^ A., Srinivasa Rao (13 August 2012). "Another Andhra minister named in disproportionate assets case". India Today. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

External links

[:0-1] "Jagan assets case: Dharmana grilled". The Times of India. 14 April 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[:1-2] Sudhir, Uma; Bhatt, Abhinav (21 January 2013). "Andhra Pradesh minister to be prosecuted in VANPIC case". NDTV. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[3] "Cong MLA Dharmana joins Jagan's YSRCP".

[4] "Srikakulam Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh". www.elections.in.

[5] A., Srinivasa Rao (13 August 2012). "Another Andhra minister named in disproportionate assets case". India Today. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

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