Former MLC N Ramchander Rao is all set to be the President of Bharatiya Janata Party’s Telangana unit, according to a report in NDTV.
Rao would replace Union Coal and Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy, who was elected as the BJP’s state unit president in July 2023, replacing Bandi Sanjay Kumar.
Rao will be the only leader to file a nomination for the post. On June 29, the BJP issued the notification for the election of its Telangana state president. As per the notification, nominations will be accepted from 2 PM to 4 PM on June 30, and they can be withdrawn between 4 PM and 5 PM.
Former BJP MLA Endala Lakshminarayana, who is the state election officer, said Union Minister of State for MSME Shobha Karandlaje would be the Central Returning Officer for the elections to be held at the BJP’s state headquarters here.
Reddy continued to hold the post of Talangana BJP president, though he assumed responsibility as Union Minister in the third tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The names of Rajya Sabha member K Laxman, Lok Sabha members Eatala Rajender and D Arvind, and former MLC N Ramchander Rao are doing the rounds as Reddy’s successor.
Who is N Ramchander Rao
BJP leader Naraparaju Ramchander Rao, 66, is an advocate from Telangana. Rao served as the Member of Telangana Legislative Council (MLC) for Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy and Mahabubnagar Graduates’ Constituency from 2015 to 2021. He has been serving as the membership drive incharge of Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana.
Rao started his legal practice in Hyderabad in 1985. In 2014, he was elected as a member of the Bar Council of India. He has also been BJP’s Chief Spokesperson and the General Secretary of undivided Andhra Pradesh.
Rao’s father, Professor NVRLN Rao, was Dean of the Faculty of Engineering for Osmania University. His daughter Amuktha Naraparaju is based in Australia working in the IT sector. His son Avaneesh Naraparaju is a practicing lawyer at Telangana High Court.
Early Life
Rao took to politics while at Picket Kendriya Vidyalaya school during the Emergency. He was elected President of the Students’ Union (affiliated to Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, (ABVP) for three straight years while studying Bachelor of Arts at Railway Degree College. He has also been secretary (ABVP) of Osmania Law College Student Union. Rao was jailed 14 times during his student years.
Rai attended high school in 1977 at Kendriya Vidyalaya in Picket Secunderabad. He did a BA from Railway Degree College, Secunderabad in 1980 and got a Master of Arts (Political Science) from Osmania University in 1982. Rao did a Bachelor’s in Law from Osmania University in 1985.