Balli Kalyanachakravarthy

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Balli Kalyan Chakravarthy
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Member of the
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 March 2021
Personal details
Born (1984-06-07) 7 June 1984 (age 40)
Political party YSR Congress Party
Parent Balli Durga Prasad Rao

Balli Kalyanachakravarthy (born 7 June 1984), also referred to as Balli Kalyan Chakravarthy, is an Indian businessman and politician who has served in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council since 2021 as a member of the YSR Congress Party. [1] Kalyanachakravarthy is from the town of Gudur in the Nellore district. [2] He co-founded the company Nihibha Online Business Private Limited in 2015. [3]

Kalyanachakravarthy's father is Balli Durga Prasad Rao, a longtime member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly who had been elected to the Lok Sabha in 2019, representing the Tirupati constituency. His father died in office in September 2020 from a heart attack after contracting COVID-19. [4]

In 2021, Kalyanachakravarthy considered running in the by-election for his father's seat in the Lok Sabha. [2] However, Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, instead offered to nominate Kalyanachakravarthy as a candidate for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council. Kalyanachakravarthy accepted the offer, and was elected unanimously by the MLAs for a six-year term on 8 March 2021. [5] He was sworn into office on 31 March 2021. [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sri Balli Kalyanachakravarthy". Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council . Retrieved 9 October 2022.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. 1 2 "YSRC names 6 for Andhra Pradesh MLC polls under MLA quota". The New Indian Express . 26 February 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Nihibha Online Business Private Limited". Connect2India . Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  4. ↑ Sharma, Rajesh (25 February 2021). "ఎమ్మెల్సీ అభ్యర్థుల ఎంపికలో చాణక్యం" [Chanakyam in the selection of MLC candidates]. TV9 Telugu (in Telugu). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "All six YSRCP candidates unanimously get elected as MLCs". The Siasat Daily . 9 March 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Andhra Pradesh: Six new members of Council take oath". The Hans India . 2 April 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "ఆరుగురు ఎమ్మెల్సీల ప్రమాణ స్వీకారం" [Swearing in of six MLCs]. Prajasakti (in Telugu). 1 April 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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