Botcha Appalanarasayya, also spelled Botcha Appala Narsaiah, is an Indian politician from the state of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

. He was elected as the

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(MLA) from Gajapathinagaram Assembly constituency in 2019 on behalf of

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(YSRCP) and also served as the MLA during 2009–2014 on behalf of

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Early life

Botcha Appalanarasayya was born to Gurunaidu and Eswaramma. He has 6 brothers, of whom

Botsa Satyanarayana Botsa Satyanarayana (9 July 1958), also spelled as Botcha Satyanarayana, is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh, India. He belonged to the Indian National Congress until 2015 and he joined the YSR Congress on 7 June 2015. He is a former cab ...

is the eldest and the others younger, and 4 sisters. He is a relative of

Baddukonda Appala Naidu Baddukonda Appala Naidu (born 1975), alternatively Baddukonda Appalanaidu, is an Andhra Pradesh politician and YSR Congress Party leader. Personal life Naidu was born in 1975 at Mopada village in Denkada Mandal, Vizianagaram district. He is a relat ...

. He graduated from Gitam College,

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in 1985.

Career

Appalanarasayya contested the

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from Gajapathinagaram constituency on behalf of Congress and won as the MLA. He later contested the

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but lost the election. However, he and his brother Satyanarayana were the only two candidates, out of 175 Congress candidates contested in the 2014 elections held for all the 175 constituencies, who were able to retain deposits. He left Congress and joined YSRCP in June 2015. He then contested the 2019 elections and won as the MLA.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Botcha, Appalanarasayya Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Vizianagaram district YSR Congress Party politicians Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024