Dr. P. Shankar Rao is an Indian veteran politician from the state of Telangana. He is a member of

Indian National Congress Party 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 E ...

and has been elected representative on five occasions, as a Member of a Legislative Assembly in Andhra Pradesh.

Early and personal life

Shankar Rao is the eldest son to P Rajaiah and Raja Narsamma. He has two younger brothers Penta Dayanand, Penta Jagannath and three sisters M Shakuntala, K Saraswathi, and G Jyothi. P Shankar Rao married G. Vishwashanti eldest daughter of G. Venkatswamy (popularly known as ''Kaka)'' a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party who was elected 7 times (4 times from Peddapalli Lok Sabha and 3 times from Siddipet Lok Sabha). He has two Sons P Shashank and P Sanjay, and one Daughter P Sushmita.

Career

Rao was first elected in 1983, as an MLA for the Shadnagar constituency. He was subsequently re-elected for that constituency on three (1989, 1999, 2004) more occasions. He served as Irrigation Minister in

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's cabinet. Along with

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, the then CLP leader, he played a key role as Deputy CLP Leader when the party was in the opposition. He was elected from Secunderabad Cantonment Constituency in 2009, this being his first appointment from that constituency but his fifth term as MLA, overall. He did not contest the 2014 elections. He held different posts in the party and government in his political career of more than four decades. He was a minister for Government of Andhra Pradesh (before bifurcation) for the second time in

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cabinet. His portfolios were Public Enterprises, Handlooms & Textiles, Small Scale Industries, Khadi and Village Industries & Spinning Mills.. He has served as Cabinet Minister two times in his career. He has been a staunch supporter of Telangana statehood. .

Controversies

Shankar Rao had filed a case in the High Court (HC) against Jagan Mohan Reddy (current Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh), for being in possession of illegal and disproportionate assets. The HC had issued show cause notices to all the concerned parties based on reports submitted by Shanker Rao and several others. Shankar Rao is also involved in a protracted land grab case of Greenfields in Kanojiguda, Hyderabad and a case was booked against him after a complaint filed by the Green Fields Plot Owners Association. The case is ongoing in the high court of Telangana.https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140824/nation-crime/article/congress-leader-p-shankar-rao-faces-land-grab-case

References

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