Chenchu Garataiah Bachina

Chenchu Garataiah Bachina (born 1 March 1948), or Bachina Chenchu Garataiah, is an Indian politician of YSR Congress Party. He was a member of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) until 2009.

Chenchu Garataiah Bachina
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
In office 1994–2004
Preceded by	Raghav Rao Jagarlamudi
Succeeded by	Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy
Constituency	Addanki
In office 1983–1989
Preceded by	Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy
Succeeded by	Raghav Rao Jagarlamudi
Constituency	Addanki
Personal details
Born	1 March 1948 Panguluru Mandal, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political party	YSR Congress Party
Spouse	Ratna Kumari
Children	3

Personal life

Chenchu Garataiah Bachina was born and brought up in Panguluru Mandal of Prakasam District of Andhra Pradesh. His father was Bachina Veera Raghavaiah and his mother was Lakshmi Kanthamma.^{[citation needed]}

He and his wife, Ratna Kumari, have three children. He pursued SSC, PUC and acquired M.B.B.S. Degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka in the year 1972. Chenchu Garataiah worked as a house surgeon in Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad during 1972 to 1973 and in 1974 he worked as a house surgeon ^[1] in Ongole.

Political career

In 1973, as a house surgeon,^[2] he learned of the problems faced by his patients, the farmers in his native village, Panguluru. He formed a Co-operative Society for Panguluru with 200 members with an amount of Rs.20,000. From 1974 onward, he started to focus on problems in areas like transportation, electricity, communication and irrigation, which motivated him to enter politics.^{[citation needed]}