Nadendla Bhaskara Rao (born 23 June 1936) is an Indian politician who served as the
Chief minister
A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...
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 ...
for a brief period in 1984. He served the shortest term yet, as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh – 31 days. His son
Nadendla Manohar is a former MLA from
Tenali
Tenali is a city in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Tenali mandal and Tenali revenue division. The city is renowned for art, culture, drama and hence, it is called ''Andhra ...
and a former Speaker in the
Andhra Pradesh assembly.
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A lawyer by profession, he graduated from
Osmania University
Osmania University is a collegiate university, collegiate Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad in 1918 , He released a farma ...
,
Hyderabad
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, he entered the AP state assembly in 1978. He served as a Minister of state in
Chenna Reddy's cabinet.
After TDP won assembly elections in 1983, Bhaskara Rao joined NTR cabinet as Finance minister.
Short-lived CM
After one and a half years of the TDP's rule he along with his supporters pulled a coup on the NTR government in August 1984. Congress (I) gave support to Bhaskara Rao's group within TDP at a time when NTR was away in the US to undergo angiogram. Since Congress was in power at the (UTC)center and their nominee occupied the AP Governor's post, Bhaskara Rao became CM of Andhra Pradesh.
Seventeen opposition parties, including the CPI, CPI(M), BJP and the Janata criticised this move and launched a 'Save democracy movement', leading to massive anti-Centre protest against the dismissal of the TDP government. NTR returned from US, wore black clothes and launched a statewide ''yathra'' to protest the dismissal of his government. He called it a ''dharma yuddham'' (a war for justice), a war against the authoritarian and autocratic rule at the centre, for restoration of democracy and safeguarding the Constitution. The central government, recalled the governor and reinstalled NTR as CM – the only instance in political history of India when a dismissed CM was reinstated.
Bhaskara Rao left TDP and joined Congress (I) along with his close supporter Amukurajah Rao. His reign as AP CM lasted 31 days.
Post CM days
After a political hiatus, Bhaskara Rao was elected to the 12th
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-p ...
in 1998 from
Khammam
Khammam formally (Khammam Mettu) is the city in Khammam district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the fourth largest city in the state. It is the headquarters of the Khammam district and Khammam mandal also. It is located about east of ...
Constituency. He filed a defamation litigation on
N.T.R: Mahanayakudu movie for showing his character negatively.
He remains active in state politics until 6 July 2019 when he joined
Bharatiya Janata Party
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in the presence of
Union Home Minister
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and
BJP President Amit Shah.
Former Andhra pradesh CM Bhaskara Rao joins BJP
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References
External links
"Democratic Process and Electoral Politics in Andhra Pradesh" by K.C. Suri (2002)
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History of TDP by G. Vasu
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1936 births
Living people
Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Andhra Pradesh
Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh
Telugu politicians
India MPs 1998–1999
Telugu Desam Party politicians
Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh
People from Guntur
Osmania University alumni
Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh
Chief ministers from Telugu Desam Party
People from Khammam district