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Dadichiluka Veera Gouri Sankara Rao

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Spouse(s)
  
Swarnalatha

Name
  
Dadichiluka Gouri


Succeeded by
  
Kishore Chandra Deo

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Preceded by
  
Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo

Constituency
  
Parvathipuram constituency

Born
  
30 April 1968 (age 55) Palika valasa, Vizianagaram(Dt.), Andhra Pradesh (
1968-04-30
)

Political party
  
Telugu Desam Party

Dadichiluka Veera Gouri Sankara Rao (born 30 April 1968), sometimes called D. Shankar Rao or D.V.G. Shankar Rao, is an Indian anesthesiologist and politician who served as a Telugu Desam Party member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and of the Lok Sabha.

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Background

Shankar Rao is an adivasi, and was born 30 April 1968 in Palika Valasu village. He earned his M.B.B.S. and later specialised in anesthesiology in earning his medical doctorate. He became active in the T.D.P. in his district, and was nominated to and served in the Andhra Pradesh L.A.

Lok Sabha

In the 1999 general election Shankar Rao was elected as a member of the Lok Sabha from Parvathipuram constituency, a seat reserved for members of the scheduled tribes. He won with 304,000 votes (49.54%) to 290,719 (47.38%) for his Congress opponent, Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo, and 18,952 for two minor opponents. He was appointed to the Lok Sabha Standing Committee on Labour and Welfare, and served until the 2004 election, when he sought unsuccessfully re-election.

Personal life

He is married to Swarnalata. He enjoys reading and writing poetry; a collection of his poetry in Telugu, Assa Geevulu, has been published.

References

Dadichiluka Veera Gouri Sankara Rao Wikipedia