Balmoor Venkat

• Late. Balmoor Madan Mohan Rao (father)

Balmoor Venkat
Member of Telangana Legislative Council
In office 22 January 2024 –Incumbent
Residence(s)	H. No. 3-4-746, Opp: HRD College, Narayanaguda, Himayath Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Alma mater	MBBS from Chalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Science, Karimnagar
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Balmoor Venkat Narsing Rao is an Indian politician from Telangana. He was elected unanimously as member of the Telangana Legislative Council under the MLA quota on 22 January 2024. ^{[3] [4]}

Political career

Balmoor Venkat started his political journey with NSUI and later he was elected as NSUI State President in 2015 and held various positions in Congress party. He unsuccessfully contested the 2021 By-election held for Huzurabad as a Congress candidate and managed to get only 3,014 votes. ^[5] When the Congress was in the Opposition he as NSUI state president had launched many agitations, holding protests across the State and filed many PILs on behalf of students and unemployed youth. He was jailed numerous times by the BRS regime.

In 2022, Rahul Gandhi visited Chanchalguda Central Jail when he was jailed along with 18 NSUI members in for staging a protest at Osmania University on May 1 for denial of permission for Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the Osmania University. ^{[6] [7]}

After Congress came in to power in 2023 Elections, Balmoor Venkat's candidature was announced for member of the Legislative Council (MLC) under the MLAs' quota on 17 January 2024 ^{[8] [9]} and filed his nomination on 18 January 2024 ^[10] and as no other nomination was filed from others, the election authorities declared him elected unopposed as MLC on 22 January 2024 ^[11] and he took oath as Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) on 31 January 2024 in Legislative council chairman Gutha Sukender Reddy's chamber. ^[12]

References

1. "Congress picks NSUI Telangana chief Balmoor Venkat Narsing Rao as Huzurabad bypoll candidate". The New Indian Express. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
2. Election Commission of Telangana (2024). "Venkat Balmoor Afidavit MLC 2024" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
3. The Hindu (22 January 2024). "Mahesh Goud and Venkat Balmoor elected as MLCs". Archived from the original on 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
4. The New Indian Express (23 January 2024). "Telangana: Mahesh Goud, Balmoor elected unopposed as MLCs". Archived from the original on 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
5. "Huzurabad Assembly constituency 2021 By Election Result". Election Commission of India. 2021. Archived from the original on 8 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
6. "Telangana: Rahul Gandhi meets NSUI students in jail". The Indian Express. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
7. "Rahul Gandhi calls on NSUI leaders at Chanchalguda Central Jail". Telangana Today. 7 May 2022. Archived from the original on 8 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
8. "Congress springs surprise by picking up Mahesh Goud, Balamoor Venkat as MLC candidates". The Hindu. 17 January 2024. Archived from the original on 14 April 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
9. The Times of India (18 January 2024). "Congress picks Mahesh Goud and Balmoor Venkat for two MLC seats". Archived from the original on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
10. The Hindu (18 January 2024). "Mahesh Goud and Balmoor Venkat file nominations as Congress MLC candidates". Archived from the original on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
11. The New Indian Express (23 January 2024). "Mahesh Goud, Balmoor elected unopposed as MLCs". Archived from the original on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
12. "New MLCs return sans oath as Council chief fails to turn up". The Times of India. 30 January 2024. Archived from the original on 8 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.