Career
Veerabhadram contested the Khammam Lok Sabha seat in the 1991 Indian general election. He finished in second place with 310,268 votes (43.37% of the votes in the constituency). There was less than 1% margin between him and the winning candidate,P.V. Rangaiah Naidu of the Indian National Congress. [5] He contested the Khammam seat again in the 1996 election and got elected to the 11th Lok Sabha. [2] [6] He obtained 374,675 votes (42.82%),defeating P.V. Rangaiah Naidu. [6]
He lost the Khammam Lok Sabha seat in the 1998 election. Veerabhadram won 352,083 votes (39.01%),finishing in second place. He was the most voted CPI(M) candidate in the fray outside of the left strongholds West Bengal and Kerala. [7]
Veerabhadram was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in the 2004 election,standing as a candidate in the Khammam constituency. He obtained 46,505 votes. [8] In the 2009 Legislative Assembly election,he contested the neighbouring Palair constituency instead,where he finished in second place with 58,889 votes (37.98%). [9] As of 2011,he served as honorary president of the Khammam District unit of the Kulavivaksha Vyatireka Porata Sangham. [10]
When the CPI(M) decided to create a separate State Committee for Telangana in March 2014,following the passing of the Andhra Pradesh State Reorganisation Bill,Veerabhadram was elected as its Secretary. [4] [11]
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