Rapolu Ananda Bhaskar

Rapolu Ananda Bhaskar
Member of Parliament
Rajya Sabha
In office
3 April 2012 (shifted to Telangana from AP on 2 June 2014) – 2 April 2018
Succeeded byLingamaiah Yadav,
ConstituencyTelangana
Personal details
Born
Rapolu Ananda Bhaskar

(1964-01-15) 15 January 1964 (age 60)
Bombay, India
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
SpouseSaroja
ChildrenPriyanka and Adityaram
Alma materOsmania University (MA)
Websitewww.abrapolu.in

Rapolu Ananda Bhaskar (born 15 January 1964) is an Indian journalist turned politician of Telangana. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh.[1] After Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh he is allotted to Telangana state by draw of lots.[2]

Early life

He was born in Bombay in the Padmashali community but hails from Kodakandla village in Warangal in Telangana . He has a master's degree in Sociology from Osmania University in 1987.[3]

Career

He worked as a journalist before joining the Congress party in 1994. He worked as a back room manager at Congress party headquarters in AP, Gandhi Bhavan. He was leading the Telangana Congress Monitoring Group for attaining separate statehood for Telangana.[4] He was General Secretary in APCC.

He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2012.[5] He was handpicked by the ex-Congress party president, Sonia Gandhi. In 2019, he joined BJP in the presence of BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda and Finance Minister Arun Jaitely. He has resigned from BJP on 22 October 2022 and has joined TRS on October 26, in the presence of party's working president KTR. In 2024, he quit BRS and didn’t join any party.[6][7]

Personal life

He is married to Saroja and is blessed with a daughter, Priyanka and a son, Adityaram.

Rajya Sabha
Preceded by
Unknown
 Member for Andhra Pradesh
2012 – 2018 		Incumbent

References

  1. ^ "Telangana action shifts back to Delhi". Deccan Chronicle. 24 July 2013. Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Draw of lots decides Rajya Sabha members for Telangana, Andhra". The Hindu. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  3. ^ "India News, Latest Sports, Bollywood, World, Business & Politics News". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Archive News". The Hindu. 12 January 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  5. ^ "RS list: Congress springs surprises". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  6. ^ "'UK now has PM from just 3% Indian ethnicity': Telangana BJP leader slams party in 2-page resignation letter". TimesNow. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Telangana BJP Leader Quits, Says "Ignored, Humiliated" For Years". 26 October 2022. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.