Mynampally Hanumanth Rao

Mynampally Hanumanth Rao (born January 10, 1966) is an Indian politician and former MLA representing the Malkajgiri constituency in the Telangana Legislative Assembly. He resigned from Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and joined Indian National Congress on 29 September 2023.

Mynampally Hanumanth Rao
Mynampally Hanumanth Rao
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
2018–2023
ConstituencyMalkajgiri, Telangana
Member of Legislative Council
In office
2017–2018
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
2009–2014
ConstituencyMedak, Andhra Pradesh
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
2008–2009
ConstituencyRamayampet, Andhra Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1966-01-10) January 10, 1966 (age 58)
Korvipally,Medak, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political partyINC (2014)&(23 September 2023 -Present)
BRS ( 2014 - 22 September 2023)
TDP (2008-2014)
SpouseVani
ChildrenMynampally Rohit, Shivank
Parent(s)Kishan Rao, Sarojini
ResidenceHyderabad

Political career

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Hanumanth Rao was twice elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly. First from Ramayampet (constituency abolished in 2009) in 2008 and then from Medak in 2009 from TDP. In 2014, he contested the Malkajgiri Lok Sabha seat as a Telangana Rashtra Samithi candidate and finished in second place. He was the President of the Greater Hyderabad Telangana Rashtra Samithi from 2014 to 2016.

He was unanimously elected as an MLC from MLAs Quota on 5 March 2017.

On 12 December 2018, he resigned from his Member of Legislative Council position after he won the Malkajgiri Assembly Constituency as a Member of Legislative Assembly third time with a majority of 74,000 votes.

Rao tendered his resignation to BRS party on 22 September 2023. Later, he, and his son Rohit Rao, joined the Indian National Congress and Hanumantha Rao was nominated to contest on INC ticket from Malkajgiri in the party's first list. He lost the general election in 2023.


References

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  • ."Telangana Legislative Assembly". 12 December 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  • "Telangana Legislative Council". 7 March 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2018.