Kimidi Mrunalini

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Kimidi Mrunalini
Born1958
Nationality Indian
Occupation Politician
Political party Telugu Desam Party
SpouseKimidi Ganapathi Rao

Kimidi Mrunalini (born 5 March 1958) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh who won the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election from Cheepurupalli Constituency in Vizianagaram district on TDP ticket. [1]

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Personal life

Mrunalini is from Cheepurupalli. She married Kimidi Ganapathi Rao, also a politician and former MLA. [2] Her brother-in-law Kimidi Kala Venkata Rao and her son Nagarjuna, are also in politics. [3] [4] [5]

Career

Mrunalini won for the first time as MLA in 2014 from Cheepurupalli Constituency defeating senior Congress leader Botsa Satyanarayana by a margin of 20,842 votes. She was also the Rural Development Minister in the Telugu Desam government from 2014 but was dropped in April 2017 while her brother-in-law Kimidi Kala Venkata Rao was inducted as a minister. [6] [7] [2] [8] She was a former Vizianagaram Zilla Parishad chairperson. [9]

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