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Dharmana Prasada Rao
Dharmana Prasada Rao
Minister for Revenue, Stamps and Registration; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 11 April 2022 – 12 June 2024
Governor	S. Abdul Nazeer; Biswabhusan Harichandan;
Chief Minister	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Preceded by	Dharmana Krishna Das
Succeeded by	Anagani Satya Prasad
Minister of Roads & Buildings; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 25 May 2009 – 8 August 2013
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan; N. D. Tiwari;
Chief Minister	Kiran Kumar Reddy; Konijeti Rosaiah; Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy;
Preceded by	Galla Aruna Kumari
Succeeded by	Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Revenue, Relief and ; Rehabilitation & Urban Land Ceiling; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 14 May 2004 – 20 May 2009
Governor	N. D. Tiwari; Rameshwar Thakur; Sushilkumar Shinde; Surjit Singh Barnala;
Chief Minister	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Preceded by	Tammineni Sitaram
Succeeded by	Pithani Satyanarayana
Member of Legislative Assembly ; Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 2019–2024
Preceded by	Gunda Lakshmi Devi
Succeeded by	Gondu Shankar
Constituency	Srikakulam
	In office; 2004–2014
Preceded by	Appala Suryanarayana Gunda
Succeeded by	Gunda Lakshmi Devi
Constituency	Srikakulam
	In office; 1999–2004
Preceded by	Boggu Lakshman Rao
Succeeded by	Dharmana Krishna Das
Constituency	Narasannapeta
	In office; 1989–1994
Preceded by	Simma Prabhakar Rao
Succeeded by	Boggu Lakshman Rao
Constituency	Narasannapeta
Personal details
Political party	YSR Congress Party (2014–present)
Other political; affiliations	Indian National Congress (until 2014)

Dharmana Prasada Rao is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Srikakulam. He was former Minister of Roads and Buildings (R&B) and a former Revenue minister of Andhra Pradesh.^[1]

Political career

Dharmana Prasada Rao is a politician and state leader of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) from Srikakulam district. Dharmana Prasada Rao won 5 terms as an MLA from Srikakulam Assembly Constituency, including the 2019 election.^{[citation needed]}

He has served as Textiles, Sports, and Water Resource Minister in the cabinet of Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy and Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy. He served as revenue, minister in the cabinet of Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy. He also served as Roads and Buildings Minister in the cabinet of N Kiran Kumar Reddy. He reached his current position from the position of Village councilor (Sarpanch).^{[citation needed]}

In August 2012, he resigned from the cabinet ministry following a chargesheet by the Central Bureau of Investigation on him alleging corruption in VANPIC project.^[2]

He left Congress and joined YSRCP on 9 Feb 2014.^[3] He won the 2019 assembly elections to Gunda Lakshmi Devi of Telugu Desam Party.^[4]

VANPIC case

In April 2012, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) questioned Dharmana in relation to the disproportionate assets case, that it was investigating against Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. CBI questioned the motives behind passing GOs, when he was the revenue minister, allocating land to several projects including VANPIC.^[1]

In August 2012, CBI filed a chargesheet naming Dharmana as accused number 5, along with Jagan Mohan Reddy, Nimmagadda Prasad, Mopidevi Venkataramana and others. In the chargesheet it alleged quid pro quo among the accused.^[5] Following the chargesheet, Dharmana has resigned from cabinet ministry. But the then Chief Minister Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy has not accepted the resignation. However, Dharmana has since stayed away from the cabinet meetings.^[2]

In January 2013, a CBI court has permitted the prosecution of the case.^[2]