Mynampally Hanumanth Rao

Mynampally Hanumanth Rao (born January 10, 1966) is an Indian politician and former MLA representing the Malkajgiri constituency in the Telangana Legislative Assembly. He resigned from Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and joined Indian National Congress on 29 September 2023.

Mynampally Hanumanth Rao
Mynampally Hanumanth Rao
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office 2018–2023
Constituency	Malkajgiri, Telangana
Member of Legislative Council
In office 2017–2018
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office 2009–2014
Constituency	Medak, Andhra Pradesh
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office 2008–2009
Constituency	Ramayampet, Andhra Pradesh
Personal details
Born	(1966-01-10) January 10, 1966 (age 59) Korvipally, Medak, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political party	INC (2014)&(23 September 2023 -Present) BRS ( 2014 - 22 September 2023) TDP (2008-2014)
Spouse	Vani
Children	Mynampally Rohit, Shivank
Parent(s)	Kishan Rao, Sarojini
Residence	Hyderabad

Political career

Hanumanth Rao was twice elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly. First from Ramayampet (constituency abolished in 2009) in 2008 and then from Medak in 2009 from TDP. In 2014, he contested the Malkajgiri Lok Sabha seat as a Telangana Rashtra Samithi candidate and finished in second place. He was the President of the Greater Hyderabad Telangana Rashtra Samithi from 2014 to 2016.

He was unanimously elected as an MLC from MLAs Quota on 5 March 2017.

On 12 December 2018, he resigned from his Member of Legislative Council position after he won the Malkajgiri Assembly Constituency as a Member of Legislative Assembly third time with a majority of 74,000 votes.

Rao tendered his resignation to BRS party on 22 September 2023. Later, he, and his son Rohit Rao, joined the Indian National Congress and Hanumantha Rao was nominated to contest on INC ticket from Malkajgiri in the party's first list. He lost the general election in 2023.