Guntupalli Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao is an Indian politician of the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

. He is a member of the

Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using si ...

, the upper house of

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, representing the state of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

. Rao frequently appears on national television networks representing the BJP led by National President J.P. Nadda on important topics. Rao is a senior leader of the BJP in Andhra Pradesh and a member of the party’s Core Committee in the state deciding party's political and policy position on various issues.

Early life

GVL Narasimha Rao's ancestral village is

Ballikurava Ballikurava is a village in Bapatla district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Ballikurava mandal in Ongole revenue division Ongole revenue division (or Ongole division) is an administrative division in t ...

in newly created Bapatla District 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 ...

where his father served as Panchayat Sarpanch for three decades. GVL belongs to Narasaraopet, headquarter town of newly created Palnadu district where he studied up to Intermediate and later did his Agricultural BSc degree in

Bapatla Bapatla is a city and District headquarters of Bapatla district in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the mandal headquarters of Bapatla mandal of Bapatla revenue division. The ne ...

Agricultural College and his MBA (PGDRM) from Institute of Rural Management (IRMA), Anand (Gujarat).

Political career

Rao served as National Spokesperson of the central committee of BJP, chaired by former National President

Amit Shah Amit Anil Chandra Shah (born 22 October 1964) is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister of Home Affairs since 2019 and the first Minister of Co-operation of India since 2021. He served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata P ...

and frequently appears on national television networks representing the BJP led by National President J.P. Nadda on important topics. Rao is a senior leader of the BJP in Andhra Pradesh and a member of the party’s Core Committee in Andhra Pradesh deciding party's political and policy position on various issues. Rao is a Member of various important parliamentary committees; the Standing Committee on Finance, the Committee of Privileges, Consultative Committee of External Affairs and is a Member of the Spices Board, Tobacco Board and Chairman of the Chilli Task Force Committee of the Spices Board, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India. He hails from

Narasaraopet Narasaraopet is a city and district headquarters of Palnadu District of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The town is a municipality and mandal headquarters of Narasaraopet mandal and Headquarters of Narasaraopet revenue division. The town also ...

Palnadu District Palnadu district is a district in coastal Andhra Region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. With Narasaraopet as its administrative headquarters, it was formed on 04 April 2022 to become one of the resultant twenty-six districts The district ...

. He was elected to the

from

in March 2018.

References

Living people Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh politicians 1964 births {{AndhraPradesh-BJP-politician-stub