Balli Durga Prasad Rao

Balli Durga Prasad Rao (15 June 1956 – 16 September 2020) was an Indian politician.

Balli Durga Prasad Rao
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2019-16 September 2020
Preceded by	Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli
Succeeded by	Maddila Gurumoorthy
Constituency	Tirupati
Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 2009-2014
Preceded by	Patra Prakasa Rao
Succeeded by	Pasim Sunil Kumar
Constituency	Gudur
In office 1994-2004
Preceded by	Patra Prakasa Rao
Succeeded by	Patra Prakasa Rao
Constituency	Gudur
In office 1985-1989
Preceded by	Balli Durga Prasad
Succeeded by	Patta Prakash Rao
Constituency	Gudur
Personal details
Born	(1956-06-15)15 June 1956
Died	16 September 2020(2020-09-16) (aged 64)[1]
Nationality	Indian
Political party	YSR Congress Party
Other political affiliations	Telugu Desam Party
Spouse	B. Saralamma
Children	Balli Kalyanachakravarthy
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Biography

He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the YSR Congress Party.

Balli Durga Prasad Rao was elected as MLA from Gudur Assembly constituency, Andhra Pradesh. He served as MLA from 1985 to 1989, 1994–1999, 1999-2004 & 2009-2014 (4 terms). He also served as Minister for Primary Education from 1996 to 1998 in the NTR government. He became MLA at the age of 28 years. He served as Member of PAC, Andhra Pradesh (2009-2014). ^[2][3][4] He joined YSRCP in 2019.

In September 2020, Prasad Rao tested positive for COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in India and he was hospitalized at a hospital in Chennai. He suffered cardiac arrest on 16 September and was pronounced dead.^[5]

In 2021, his son, Balli Kalyanachakravarthy, was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council.^[6]