Dadichiluka Veera Gouri Sankara Rao (born 30 April 1968), sometimes called D. Shankar Rao or D.V.G. Shankar Rao, is an Indian

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and politician who served as a

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member of the

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and of the

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Background

Shankar Rao is an ''

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'', and was born 30 April 1968 in Palika Valasu village. He earned his

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and later specialised in

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both from

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, Visakhapatnam in earning his

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. He became active in the T.D.P. in his district, and was nominated to and served in the Andhra Pradesh L.A.

Political life

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

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opponent,

Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo (born 15 February 1947) is an Indian politician and a member of the Telugu Desam Party political party. He has been elected to the Lok Sabha for five times, and has also held one term in the Rajya Sa ...

, 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.

State politics

He has joined

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in 2021 and held the position of Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh Commission for Scheduled Tribes.

Personal life

He is married to Swarnalata. They have two children, one son and a daughter. He enjoys reading and writing

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; a collection of his poetry in Telugu, ''Assa Geevulu'', has been published. His Telugu poems are published entitled ''DVG Kavithalu'' in 2021.Dr. DVG Kavithalu (2021) available at Logili.c

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References

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