Dadisetti Ramalingeswara Rao, commonly known as Raja, is the current Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) of Tuni in East Godavari District.[2] He is from the YSR Congress Party.[3]

Dadisetti Ramalingeswara Rao
Minister of Roads & Buildings[1]
Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
11 April 2022 – 4 June 2024
Governor
Chief MinisterY. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Preceded byMalagundla Sankaranarayana
Succeeded byB. C. Janardhan Reddy
Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
In office
2014–2024
Preceded byVenkata Krishnam Raju Sriraja Vatsavayi
Succeeded byYanamala Divya
Constituency Tuni

Personal life

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Dadisetti Ramalingeswara Rao was born on 22 March 1976 to Sri Dadisetti Sankara Rao and Smt Satyanarayanamma in Tuni, Andhra Pradesh. They are traditionally a family of gold merchants. Rao graduated in Tuni. At the age of 32, he decided to enter politics full-time and joined the YSR Congress Party.[4]

He is married to Smt Lakshmi Chaitanya and has one son and one daughter.

Politics

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Ramalingeswara Rao contested MLA elections for the first time in 2014 and won with a majority of 19,500 votes.[5] He is currently a member of the committee on public accounts in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Tuni In 2019. Now he is Minister of A.P. cabinet.

References

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  1. ^ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/14-new-faces-in-25-member-ap-cabinet-to-take-charge-today/article65309015.ece/amp/
  2. ^ "Tuni Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Tuni, Andhra Pradesh". www.elections.in. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  3. ^ ADR. "Ramalingeswara Rao Dadisetti (Dadisetti Raja)(Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party):Constituency- TUNI(EAST GODAVARI) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  4. ^ "MLAs". www.ysrcongress.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  5. ^ ADR. "Ramalingeswara Rao Dadisetti (Dadisetti Raja)(Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party):Constituency- TUNI(EAST GODAVARI) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  6. ^ NTV Telugu, Tuni MLA Dadisetti Raja || Special Ground Report || MLA Graph || NTV, retrieved 1 January 2019
  7. ^ "Ramalingeswara Rao Dadisetti (Dadisetti Raja) MLA of TUNI Andhra Pradesh contact address & email". nocorruption.in. Retrieved 1 January 2019.