Madhavaneni Raghunandan Rao

 

Madhavaneni Raghunandan Rao is an Indian politician from Telangana state is an MLA from Dubbak (won in By-elections 2020 ). He is known to be a strong supporter of Telangana state ideology. He is a lawyer by profession. He hails from the Medak district. State party Secretary and MLA of Bharatiya Janata Party Telangana and currently Member of Legislative Assembly from Dubbak.

Early life and Education:

He was born on 03-04-1968 to M. Bhagawantha Rao & M. Bharathi in Siddipet. He did his B.Sc at Siddipet Degree College, completed L.L.B from Osmania University, Hyderabad, B.Ed from Karnataka University, PG. Dip. Human Rights from the Central University of Hyderabad.

After education got relocated from Siddipet to Patancheru an Industrial area in the year 1991 and they’re joined a reputed Telugu daily newspaper Eenadu as a News contributor for a period of 5years. Subsequently enrolled as an Advocate in the BAR association of HIGH COURT of Andhra Pradesh.

Professional career:

He started his career as a lawyer. He is well known for Handling Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi’s bail petition

Political career:

In 2001, Raghunandan started his political Journey with the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Party and he was a member of the TRS Party. He is the politburo member and selected as Convenor of Medak District.

On 14 May 2013, he was suspended from the Telangana Rashtra Samithi party on allegations of meeting with Telugu Desam Party president N. Chandrababu Naidu which he actively denied. Subsequently, he joined in Bharatiya Janata Party and contested as MLA from the Dubbak constituency but he lost his post in 2014.

He is State Party Secretary. Currently, he is a Member of the Legislative Assembly(MLA) of Dubbak Constituency in the 2020 by-poll election by a margin of 1,074 votes, after the death of Solipeta Ramalinga Reddy.

Personal Life:

Madhavaneni Raghunandan Rao was married to Manjula Devi in 1991. He has one Daughter.