Guntupalli Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao is an Indian politician of the
Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a member of the
Rajya Sabha, the upper house of
Indian Parliament, representing the state of
Uttar Pradesh.
Rao frequently appears on national television networks representing the BJP led by National President J.P. Nadda on important topics. Rao is a senior leader of the BJP in Andhra Pradesh and a member of the party’s Core Committee in the state deciding party's political and policy position on various issues.
Early life
GVL Narasimha Rao's ancestral village is
Ballikurava
Ballikurava is a village in Bapatla district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Ballikurava mandal in Ongole revenue division
Ongole revenue division (or Ongole division) is an administrative division in t ...
in
newly created Bapatla District of
Andhra Pradesh where his father served as Panchayat Sarpanch for three decades. GVL belongs to Narasaraopet, headquarter town of newly created Palnadu district where he studied up to Intermediate and later did his Agricultural BSc degree in
Bapatla Agricultural College and his MBA (PGDRM) from Institute of Rural Management (IRMA), Anand (Gujarat).
Political career
Rao served as National Spokesperson of the central committee of BJP, chaired by former National President
Amit Shah
Amit Anil Chandra Shah (born 22 October 1964) is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister of Home Affairs since 2019 and the first Minister of Co-operation of India since 2021. He served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata P ...
and frequently appears on national television networks representing the BJP led by National President J.P. Nadda on important topics. Rao is a senior leader of the BJP in Andhra Pradesh and a member of the party’s Core Committee in Andhra Pradesh deciding party's political and policy position on various issues.
Rao is a Member of various important parliamentary committees; the Standing Committee on Finance, the Committee of Privileges, Consultative Committee of External Affairs and is a Member of the Spices Board, Tobacco Board and Chairman of the Chilli Task Force Committee of the Spices Board, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India.
He hails from
Narasaraopet in
Palnadu District of
Andhra Pradesh. He was elected to the
Rajya Sabha from
Uttar Pradesh in March 2018.
References
Living people
Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh politicians
1964 births
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