Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao, popularly known as ''Avanthi Srinivas'', is an Indian educationalist turned politician. He was the

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from

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. He operates ''Avanthi Education Institutes'' in Andhra Pradesh and

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under ''Avanthi Educational Society'',

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. He won the

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as a candidate.

Personal life

He was born on 12 Jun 1967 to Muttamsetti Venkata Narayana and Smt. Muttamsetti Nageswaramma. He married Smt. M. Gnaneswari on 20 Jun 1986 and has 2 children – 1 daughter: Priyanka, 1 son: Nandish.

Political career

He was a member of the

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between 2009 and 2014. In May, 2014 he was elected to

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. At the Lok Sabha, he was the member of the Rules Committee; Standing Committee on Industry and the Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development. On 14 February 2019, he quit the TDP to join the

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. He was elected in Bheemili constituency as member of legislative assembly for the second time in the 2019 elections. He had also won in the same constituency in the 2009. He was appointed Minister for Tourism, Culture and Youth Advancement of Andhra Pradesh.

Assembly elections 2019

References

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