Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu

Koorapati Meghana

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(m. 2012)​

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Sri Krishna Devarayalu Lavu
Krishna in 2024
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 May 2019
Children	Ratan Rayalu Lavu
Parents	Lavu Rathaiah (father) Lavu Nirmala (mother)
Residence(s)	Guntur, Narasaraopet
Alma mater	La Trobe University

Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu (born 29 April 1983) is an Indian politician ^[2] and a parliamentarian. He previously served as the Member of 17th Lok Sabha from YSRCP and currently as the Member of 18th Lok Sabha from TDP, representing Narasaraopet. ^[3] He also serves as the Vice Chairman of Vignan University. ^[4]

Early life and education

Krishna was born on 29 April 1983. ^[5] He is the child of Lavu Rathaiah and Lavu Nirmalamma.

He studied Media studies from La Trobe University, Australia and university of California, Santa Barbara.^{[ citation needed ]}

Political career

Sri Krishna Devarayalu Lavu is a first time member of parliament who contested the 2019 general elections. He won the seat by securing 51.83% of the vote and by a margin of 1,53,978 votes. ^[6] He served as a member of the erstwhile Human Resources Development Standing Committee. Since 2021, he has been a member of the Committee of Public Undertakings, Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports and Consultative Committee on Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.

He has spoken in Parliament on a range of legislation such as The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill Archived 18 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine , The National Medical Commission Bill, The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill and The Central Universities (Amendment) Bill. He has also raised various issues in Parliament, a few being, the demand to establish a Chilli Board in Guntur and the Construction of the Varikapudisala Lift Irrigation Project in Andhra Pradesh. ^[7]

On 23 January 2024, he resigned as the Member of Parliament and left YSRCP. ^{[8] [9]}

Lavu Srikrishna Devarayalu won 2024 Loksabha election on TDP Ticket and later he was appointed as leader of Telugu Desam Parliamentary Party. ^[10]

References

1. "Member Detail". sansad.in/ls. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
2. "लोकसभा चुनाव 2019 के विजेता कैंडिडेट की सीटवार". inkhabar.com. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
3. "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
4. Staff Reporter (14 February 2019). "British official meets Vignan vice-chairman". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2 July 2019.
5. "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
6. "Narasaraopet Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 Live: Narasaraopet Constituency Election Results, News, Candidates, Vote Paercentage". News18. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
7. "Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu". PRSIndia. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
8. The Hindu (23 January 2024). "YSRCP MP Sri Krishna Devarayalu resigns from LS seat and party". Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
9. "Press Meet: MP Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu resigns from YSRCP". ap7am.com. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
10. The New Indian Express (28 June 2024). "TDP's Krishna Devarayalu to lead party in Lok Sabha, Andhra CM Naidu confirms" . Retrieved 28 June 2024.