Maganti Venkateswara Rao

Magantti Venkateswara Rao
MP
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014
Constituency	Eluru
Personal details
Born	05 Feb 1960 Chataparru, Distt. West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh
Political party	TDP
Spouse(s)	Smt. Padmavalli Devi
Children	2 sons, 1 daughter
Residence	81, K.K. Birla Lane

Maganti Venkateswara Rao (Babu) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is elected in 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Eluru (Lok Sabha constituency) as Telugu Desam Party candidate. He is well known for his social initiatives. He initiated supply of drinking water through tankers to villages in Kolleru villages and distributed Try-cycles to poor and physically handicapped persons. He awarded scholarships to economically backward students and organized medical camps through the MRC trust.

Personal life

Magantti Venkateswara Rao married to Smt. Padmavalli Devi on 18 Feb 1981. He has two sons and a daughter.

Political career

Magantti Venkateswara Rao was first elected to the 12th Lok Sabha in 1998 and more recently was re-elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014. At the Lok Sabha he was a member of the Standing Committee on Agriculture; Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism; Standing Committee on External Affairs; Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the National Social Security Board. He was a member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 2004 to 2009. He was a Minister with the Government of Andhra Pradesh between 2007 and 2009.