Botsa Satyanarayana (9 July 1958), also spelled as Botcha Satyanarayana, is an Indian politician from

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 ...

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. He belonged to the

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until 2015 and he joined the

YSR Congress The Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP or YCP; ) is an Indian regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Its president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy serves as the state's chief minister. It is currently the fifth lar ...

on 7 June 2015. He is a former cabinet minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development in

Personal life

Botsa was born in Vizianagaram. He has studied Bachelor of Arts at Maharajah's College. He was married to

Botsa Jhansi Lakshmi Botsa Jhansi Lakshmi (also spelled as Botcha Jhansi Lakshmi) is an Indian politician and past member of the Lok Sabha from Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh. Personal life Jhansi Lakshmi born on 11 April 1964 in Rajahmundry to Majji Rama Rao and Ka ...

who was elected as a

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representative from Bobbili constituency in 2006 and Vizianagaram constituency in 2009. He has a brother, Botsa Appala Narasaiah, who is also a politician.

Political career

Botsa Satyanarayana won the

Bobbili Bobbili is a town in Vizianagaram district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Geography Bobbili is located at . It has an average elevation of 103 metres (337 feet). History The town of Bobbili was founded during the 17th ce ...

parliamentary constituency in 1999 as an MP. Due to the NDA climate, the

party won only 5 MPs from Andhra Pradesh and Botsa was one of them. Botsa represented as MLA from Cheepurupalli Assembly constituency in 2004, 2009. Botsa served as Minister for Heavy Industries, Panchayati Raj, Housing, Transport and Marketing. He served as the president of

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee The Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) is the state unit of Indian National Congress for the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The APCC has its headquarters at Andhra Ratna Bhawan, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. The APCC is responsible for C ...

. After

Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy (8 July 1949 – 2 September 2009), popularly known as YSR, was the 14th chief minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, serving from 2004 to 2009. Reddy was elected to the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12t ...

's death due to helicopter crash in 2009,

Konijeti Rosaiah Konijeti Rosaiah (4 July 1933 – 4 December 2021) was an Indian politician who served as the List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh, 15th chief minister of United Andhra Pradesh from 2009 to 2010. He also served as the Governor of Karnataka ...

Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy (born 13 September 1959) is an Indian politician who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh between 25 November 2010 and 1 March 2014. He was the last Chief Minister of the United Andhra Pradesh before the ...

served as the chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh. At that time, Botsa's name also came up in the campaign as the chief ministerial candidate. In 2015, Botsa resigned from the Indian National Congress party and joined the

Party‌ along with his family and supporters. He represented third time MLA from Cheepurupalli constituency in 2019 and served as the Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development in the

Government of Andhra Pradesh Government of Andhra Pradesh, abbreviated as, GOAP, or, Andhra Government, is the Subnational administrative division, subnational government for the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is an elected government with 175 Member of the Legislative ...

from 8 June 2019 to 7 April 2022.

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Botsa Satyanarayana profile

Controversy re using public resources for daughter's wedding

India MPs 1999–2004 Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh People from Vizianagaram Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh People from Vizianagaram district People from Uttarandhra YSR Congress Party politicians 1958 births Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024 {{AndhraPradesh-YSRCP-politician-stub

Personal life

Political career

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