Dasyam Vinay Bhaskar (

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: డి వినయ భాస్కేర్) (born 22 November 1964) is an Indian politician and

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representing

Telangana Rashtra Samithi Bharat Rashtra Samithi ( ; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana. It was founded on 27 April 2001 as by K. Chandrashekar Rao, with a singl ...

a.k.a. T.R.S. and Government Chief Whip of Telangana State Legislative Assembly. He represents the Warangal West assembly constituency. He was also the Parliamentary Secretary in-charge of Chief Minister's Office (CMO) for TRS party during 2015.

Early life

Vinay Bhaskar was born in

Warangal district Warangal district, formerly Warangal Rural district, is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The district shares boundaries with Mahabubabad, Jangaon, Hanamkonda, Mulugu and Bhupalpally districts. As of June 2021, Hanamkonda tentativ ...

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now

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. He is the younger brother of

Dasyam Pranay Bhasker Dasyam Pranay Bhasker (born 6 July 1956) was an Indian politician, Minister and Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Hanamkonda (Assembly constituency), representing the Telugu Desam Party. Early life Dasyam Pranay Bha ...

who was a former cabinet minister in the TDP government 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 ...

. After the death of his elder brother, Vinay Bhaskar followed him into politics. He completed his 12th from St. Joseph Jr. College,

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and graduated in

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from Dr. BR Ambedkar Open University,

Career

In 2004 Vinay Bhaskar contested as Independent candidate from Hanamkonda (Assembly constituency) and lost to Mandadi Satyanarayana Reddy of TRS party after coming second. Later he joined Telangana Rastra Samithi TRS on the invitation of KCR and was elected as a corporator which is the first elected representation for him. In 2009 Vinay Bhaskar was elected to Warangal West constituency in

representing

and won the seat again in 2014. He is currently on his third term and earlier won the 2009 and 2010 (By-polls) in United Andhra Pradesh and winning 2014 elections after Telangana was granted statehood. Again in 2011

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he was elected. In 2018 polls Vinay Bhaskar won from Warangal West for the second time. In January 2015 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary in-charge of Chief Minister's Office (CMO) by chief Minister of Telangana. On 8 September 2019, Vinay Bhaskar was appointed the Government Chief Whip for Telangana Legislative assembly.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/work-for-plastic-free-warangal-says-mla/articleshow/71119199.cms Times of India

Elections contested

References

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