Devineni Nehru

Devineni Nehru (born Devineni Rajasekhar; 22 June 1954 – 17 April 2017) represented Kankipadu Assembly Constituency in Krishna District of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.[2]

Devineni Nehru
Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
In office
2004–2009
Preceded byYalamanchili Nageswara Rao
Succeeded byCeased to exist
In office
1983–1999
Preceded byKoneru Ranga Rao
Succeeded byYalamanchili Nageswara Rao
ConstituencyKankipadu
Minister for Technical Education
In office
12 December 1994 – 1 September 1995
Chief MinisterN. T. Rama Rao
Personal details
Born
Devineni Rajasekhar[1]

(1954-06-22)22 June 1954
Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District
Died17 April 2017(2017-04-17) (aged 62)
Political partyTelugu Desam Party (1982-1995, 2016-2017)
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress (1996-2016)
ChildrenDevineni Avinash (Son)

Life

Nehru was born on 22 June 1954 in Vijayawada. He received B.A. degree from S.R.R & C.V.R college, Vijayawada. His first career was in agriculture. He is the son of Sri D. Rama Krishna Vara Prasad. He married Smt. Devineni Lakshmi. They have a daughter Kranthi and a son Devineni Avinash.[3]

Career

Rajasekhar served as a Minister (1994–96) in the cabinet of late Chief Minister NTR's TDP Government. Rajasekhar won five terms (1983, 1985, 1989, 1994 and 2004) as an MLA from Kankipadu Assembly Constituency. In 2004 he won from Congress Party (Indian National Congress) when Y.S Raja Sekhar Reddy was the Chief Minister. He lost in 2009 elections with 190 votes difference. After the Andhra state bifurcation he lost 2014 elections from Congress Party (INC). He later rejoined Telugu Desam Party.[4]

Death

He died of cardiac arrest on 17 April 2017 at his house in Hyderabad.[5][6][7][8]

References
  1. IANS. "Former Andhra minister Devineni Nehru dies of cardiac arrest". Indian Express. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. "Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1989". Elections.in. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  3. Devineni Avinash
  4. "Nehru to join TDP today". The Hindu. 15 September 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  5. "Reason Behind Devineni Nehru aka Rajasekhar". Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  6. "Devineni Nehru is dead - Today's Paper - The Hindu".
  7. Staff Reporter (18 April 2017). "Devineni Nehru is dead". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  8. "Thousands attend funeral of Devineni Nehru | Vijayawada News - Times of India".

9. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/devineni-rajasekhar-the-nehru-who-dominated-krishna-district-politics-for-3-decades/articleshow/58219034.cms 10. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/devineni-nehru-firebrand-tdp-neta-who-always-swore-by-ntr/articleshow/58232956.cms


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