Nandamuri Lakshmi Parvathi is an Indian politician and widow of

N. T. Rama Rao Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), often referred to by his initials NTR, was an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who served as List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh fo ...

. She was previously married to a

harikatha ''Harikatha'' (Kannada: ಹರಿಕಥೆ : ''Harikathe''; Telugu: హరికథ : ''Harikatha;'' Marathi: हरीपाठ '': Haripatha'', ), also known as ''Harikatha Kaalakshepam'' in Telugu and Tamil (), is a form of Hindu tradition ...

artist Veeragandham Venkata Subba Rao. Later, she was separated from him and started living together with

who officially married her in 1993.

Education

Lakshmi Parvathi completed her education in Telugu Literature from Telugu University of Telangana in the year 2000.

Political career

She has been active in politics after marrying NTR. Immediately after the demise of

, she founded NTR Telugu Desam Party in 1995 by elections. Lakshmi Parvathi won as MLA from

Pathapatnam (Assembly constituency) Pathapatnam Assembly constituency is a constituency in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Srikakulam (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Ichchapuram, Palasa, Tekkali, Srikakulam, Amadalavalasa and ...

on behalf of NTRTDP with the support of

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 ...

. 42 constituencies candidates were launched by NTR (TDP) in 1996. Even after winning 3,249,267 votes in the elections the party did not win a single seat. She later joined

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

party. Currently, she is a member of

YSR Congress Party 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 la ...

. She contested from Sompeta and Eluru constituencies for the elections to the Andhra Pradesh assembly in 1999. She lost both the seats. She polled a mere 1,500 votes in Eluru.

Later life

Parvathi has been the incumbent chair of

Telugu Academy Telugu Academy, known as Telugu Akademi in official materials and some sources (from te, script=latn, Telugu Akāḍemī), can refer to two institutes set up to promote the use of Telugu and develop, preserve and modernize the language. The origi ...

since her appointment on 6 November 2019. She made her acting debut in the 2021 film ''Radhakrishna'', which was about the traditional handicraft of Koyya dolls (Koyya Bommalu).

References

Living people Women in Andhra Pradesh politics YSR Congress Party politicians Telugu women writers Telugu writers Telugu Desam Party politicians 20th-century Indian women writers 20th-century Indian writers Women writers from Andhra Pradesh 20th-century Indian women politicians 20th-century Indian politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Indian National Congress politicians {{AndhraPradesh-BJP-politician-stub