Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Mahbubnagar
State : Andhra Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 6 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 11
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Positions Held : 1971Elected to Lok Sabha (Fifth) 1977Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Sixth) 1978-80 and since 1989General Secretary, P.C.C.(I), Andhra Pradesh 1980Elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh) for the third time Member, Committee on Petitions June 1980 - Feb. 1983Union Deputy Minister, Railways Nov. 1981 - Feb. 1983Union Deputy Minister, Education and Social Welfare Feb. 1983 - Feb. 1984Union Deputy Minister, Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs Feb. 1984 - Oct. 1984Union Deputy Minister, Works and Housing, Sports and Department of Parliamentary Affairs 1989Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth) for the fourth time Jan. 1990-Aug. 1990Member, Committee of Privileges May 1990-91Member, Public Accounts Committee 1990-91Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence 1991Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the fifth time June 1991-Jan. 1993Union Minister of State, Railways April 1992-May 1996Union Minister of State, Defence and Parliamentary Affairs 1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the sixth time
Social and Cultural Activities : Upliftment of the poor and the weak; Chairman, (i) Taluk Cooperative Marketing Society; and (ii) Andhra Pradesh State Financial Corporation, 1990-91; Director, District Cooperative Society
Favourite Pastime and Recreation : Reading
Sports and Clubs : Cricket and golf
Countries visited : Australia, Canada, U.K., U.S.A.; Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Australia, 1984
Other Information : Started movement for separate Telengana in January 1969; arrested several times including twice under Preventive Detention Act
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