Thanneeru Harish Rao
MLA Siddipet, Minister of Medical - Health and Finance Department - Government of Telangana.
Thanneeru Harish Rao is a Finance Minister of Telangana. Member of TRS who won the assembly elections six consecutive times in Siddipet. He contested and won the first assembly elections at the age of 32 and since then he’s cemented his position in the constituency as a formidable and undefeated politician of Telangana. He was inducted into Cabinet in 2014 as a Minister of Irrigation.
Harish Rao was born in Chintamadaka, Siddipet, and his native place is Thotapally in Velama Community Family, Karimnagar District to Satyanarayana Rao and Laxmi Bai. His father was a government employee. He studied at Vaniniketan Paathashala. He completed his graduation at Kakatiya University. And he is also a Finance Minister.
Harish Rao started his political journey with the Telangana Rashtra Samithi party as a youth leader. He was elected to the assembly at the age of 32 from Siddipet (Assembly constituency). He raised his strong voice in assembly on various issues of the Telangana region. Soon, he became a key member of Telangana Rashtra Samithi and started working as an Internal party strategist.
Harish Rao was sworn in Minister of Irrigation on 02-June-2014. He started the Mission Kakatiya program for restoring all the tanks and lakes in Telangana State, India. The Program was inaugurated on 12-March-2015 by chief minister Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao. As part of this, the government restored 45,000+ tanks and lakes.
Harish Rao has a close association with the party cadre. Cadre often refers to him as Party Trouble Shooter. He played a key role during the 2014 elections in all of Telangana especially in the United Medak district and other districts in Northern Telangana. He also took the complete responsibility of By-Election, 2014: Medak and Narayankhed By-Elections, TRS party won with a huge majority on both occasions.
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Born in Chintamadaka, Siddipet
B.A From Kakatiya University
Join in the TRS Party
Telangana Rashtra Samithi formed by KCR and Team
MLA, Siddipet, Telangana
Elected for the first time after KCR resigned his MLA position from Siddipet constituency for Telangana agitation
Minister of Youth Services Government of Andhra Pradesh
In Dr. YS. Rajashekar Reddy Govt
MLA, Siddipet, Telangana
Re-elected in By-Elections
MLA, Siddipet, Telangana
MLA, Siddipet, Telangana
Re-elected in By-Elections
MLA, Siddipet, Telangana
Minister for Irrigation, Marketing & Legislative Affairs
in Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao’s Government, Telangana
Kaleshwaram Project
Harish played a key role in Kaleshwaram Project as an Irrigation minister
MLA, Siddipet, Telangana
Harish sets a new record in the state politics by getting a majority over 1,00,000 votes in 2018 by-polls
TRS Party Trouble Shooter
Cadre often refer him as party trouble shooter