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Raghunandan Rao
Patancheru
ConstituencyDubbak
Personal details
Born (1968-03-23) March 23, 1968 (age 56)
Siddipet, Telangana, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Residence(s)Patancheru, Telangana

Madhavaneni Raghunandan Rao (born 23 March 1968) is an Indian politician from Telangana state. He is known to be a strong supporter of Telangana state ideology. He is a lawyer by profession. He hails from Medak District. Official Spokes Person of Bharatiya Janata Party Telangana.

Early life and education

Raghunandan rao was born at Siddipet to M. Bhagavantha Rao. He did his B.Sc at Siddipet Degree College, completed L.L.B from Osmania University, Hyderabad, B.Ed from Karnataka University, PG. Dip. Human Rights from Central University of Hyderabad

After education got relocated from Siddipet to Patancheru an Industrial area in the year 1991 and there joined in a reputed Telugu daily news paper Eenadu as a News contributor for a period of 5years. Subsequently enrolled as an Advocate in the BAR association of HIGH COURT of Andhra Pradesh [1]

Professional career

He started his career as a lawyer. He is well known for handling Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi's bail petition.[2]

Political career

He earlier belonged to Telangana Rashtra Samithi.[3] He was with Telangana Rashtra Samithi from 27 April 2001.[4] He is the politburo member and Medak district convenor.[5] On 14 May 2013 he was suspended from the Telangana Rashtra Samithi party [2] on allegations of meeting with Telugu Desam Party president N. Chandrababu Naidu which he actively denied.[6] Subsequently he joined in BJP and contested the Legislative Assembly elections from Dubbak constituency of Telangana state in the year 2014. He is official spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party in Telangana.[7]

Controversies

Rape case

The police said, a 47-year-old woman made a complaint on February 2020 claiming that she was raped in 2007 by advocate M Raghunandan Rao, following which a rape case was filed against him.[8] She claimed the advocate called her to his Patancheru office in 2007 and offered coffee mixed with some substances and "raped" her when she became unconscious while she filed a harassment case against her husband and maintenance case through Advocate Rao. The police said, the woman claimed in the complaint that the advocate had threatened to post photos taken in compromising positions on Social networks.[9] Rao has called the allegations false. [10][11]

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ a b "Suspended leader hits back at TRS leadership - The New Indian Express". newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Harish Rao elected union president - ANDHRA PRADESH - The Hindu". thehindu.com. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  4. ^ "YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  5. ^ "News Archives: The Hindu". hindu.com. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  6. ^ "YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  7. ^ [2]
  8. ^ "Telangana police book BJP leader for alleged rape and blackmail".
  9. ^ "Rape case filed against BJP leader in Telangana". Deccan Herald. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Telangana: Rape case filed against BJP leader - Hyderabad News". The Times of India. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  11. ^ https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2020/feb/04/rape-case-filed-against-bjp-leader-raghunandan-rao-in-telangana-2098530.html


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