Thota Narasimham

Thota Narasimham is an Indian politician and a member of parliament from Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. He won the 2014 Indian general election on a Telugu Desam Party ticket^[1] from Kakinada Lok Sabha seat, defeating his young rival Chalamalasetty Sunil of the YSRC.^[2][3]

Thota Narasimham
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019
Preceded by	M. M. Pallam Raju
Succeeded by	Vanga Geetha
Constituency	Kakinada
Minister of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairy Development Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 25 November 2010 – 21 February 2014
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	Kiran Kumar Reddy
Preceded by	Kolusu Parthasarathy
Succeeded by	President's Rule
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
In office 2004–2014
Preceded by	Jyothula Nehru
Succeeded by	Jyothula Nehru
Constituency	Jaggampeta
Personal details
Born	(1962-07-06) 6 July 1962 (age 63) Veeravaram, Kirlampudi Mandal, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh
Nationality	Indian
Political party	YSR Congress Party
Spouse	Smt. Thota Vani
Children	1 daughter 1 son
Residence	Kakinada
Alma mater	Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India

Personal life

Thota Narasimham was born on 6 July 1962, to Shri Thota Varahalayya and Smt. Thota Padmakshamma. He married Smt. Thota Vani on 25 November 1986 and they have one daughter and a son.^[4]

Political career

Thota Narasimham was a member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for two terms i.e. 2004–2009 and 2009–2014. Between 2010–2014 he was the Cabinet Minister, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. He was elected to 16th Lok Sabha. At the Lok Sabha he is a member of the Business Advisory Committee; Standing Committee on Railways; General Purposes Committee; Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and he is the Leader, Telugu Desam Party in Lok Sabha.^[4]