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
Minister of Employment & Technical Education Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 12 December 1994 – 1 September 1995
Governor	Krishan Kant
Chief Minister	N. T. Rama Rao
Succeeded by	Balli Durga Prasad Rao
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
In office 2004–2009
Preceded by	Yalamanchili Nageswara Rao
Succeeded by	Constituency Abolished
Constituency	Kankipadu
In office 1983–1999
Preceded by	Koneru Ranga Rao
Succeeded by	Yalamanchili Nageswara Rao
Constituency	Kankipadu
Personal details
Born	Devineni Rajasekhar[1] (1954-06-22)22 June 1954 Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District
Died	17 April 2017(2017-04-17) (aged 62)
Political party	Telugu Desam Party (1982–1995, 2016–2017)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (1996–2016)
Children	2 including Devineni Avinash (son)
Relatives	Devineni Uma Maheswara Rao (cousin brother) Devineni Venkata Ramana (cousin brother)

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 N.T. Ramarao's TDP Government. Rajasekhar won five terms (1983, 1985, 1989, 1994 and 2004) as an MLA from Kankipadu Assembly Constituency. In 2004 he got elected, fighting on the ticket from the Indian National Congress, colloquially known as The Congress Party. In the same Elections Y.S. Raja Sekhar Reddy (Y.S.R.) became the Chief Minister. Rajasekhar lost in 2009 elections with a difference of a meagre 190 votes. After the Andhra state bifurcation, he lost the 2014 elections fighting on the Indian National Congress's (INC) ticket. 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]