Pydikondala Manikyala Rao (1 November 1961 – 1 August 2020) was an Indian politician. He was a
Member of Legislative Assembly
A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...
for
Tadepalligudem and former Endowments Minister for
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 ...
(from 2014 – March 2018).
Life
He was a member of the
Bharatiya Janata Party
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. Rao died on 1 August 2020, at a hospital in
Vijayawada
Vijayawada, formerly known as Bezawada, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and is a part of the state's Capital Region. It is the administrative headquarters of the NTR district. Its metropolitan region comprises NT ...
after having been taken ill with
COVID-19
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a week prior during the
COVID-19 pandemic in India.
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1961 births
2020 deaths
People from West Godavari district
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Andhra Pradesh
Telugu politicians
Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2014–2019
State cabinet ministers of Andhra Pradesh
National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2019 Indian general election
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India
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