T. Harish Rao

T. Harish Rao
Minister of Irrigation, Mining & Geology, Marketing & Legislative Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
2014
Constituency Siddipet, Telangana
Personal details
Born June 3, 1972
Siddipet, Andhra Pradesh, India
(now in Telangana, India)
Political party Telangana Rashtra Samithi
Residence Hyderabad, India
Alma mater Kakatiya University
Website http://www.tharishrao.com/

Thaneeru Harish Rao (born 3 June 1972) is an Indian politician belonging to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi. He represents Siddipet Assembly constituency. He is incumbent Cabinet Minister for Irrigation, Marketing & Legislative Affairs for Telangana state.

Early life

Harish Rao was born in Thotapally, Karimnagar District to Satyanarayana Rao and Laxmi Bai. He is the nephew of TRS party chief K. Chandrashekhar Rao. He did his Bachelor of Arts in Siddipet. On June 2nd 2014 he became the minister for first ever Telangana Government.

Political career

Harish Rao was elected from the Siddipet Assembly constituency in 2004 at the age of 32, after the seat was vacated by K. Chandrashekhar Rao who had won both the Siddipet Assembly and Karimnagar Parliamentary seat in the 2004 General Elections. Harish Rao who just then completed his studies had directly forayed into politics by involving in Telangana agitation.

After the TRS legislators resigned from their Assembly seats in 2008, protesting the delay in the formation of Telangana by the UPA Government( which had included Telangana state formation in their Common Minimum Programme(CMP)), he contested the by-polls in Siddipet constituency.

He was reelected in the general elections in 2009 which he won in Andhra Pradesh. He is very strong Trade union leader.

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