Vanga Geetha

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Vanga Geetha
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Vanga Geetha in 2019
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha [1]
In office
17 June 2019 –4 June 2024
Residence(s) Kakinada district, Andhra Pradesh
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Vanga Geetha (born 1 March 1964) [4] is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. She was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kakinada as a member of the YSR Congress Party. [5] [6] She was earlier a member of the Rajya Sabha representing the Telugu Desam Party. [7] [8] [9] [10]

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Early life and education

She was born to P. V. S. Prakash Rao and P. Bramaramba in Kakinada, East Godavari district (now Kakinada district), Andhra Pradesh. [11] She married Vanga Kasi Viswanath. She completed her B.L from GSK College, Andhra University, and her Master of Law from the Universality of Nagpur. She worked as an advocate. [11] She also holds post graduate degrees in Political Science and Public Administration, and Psychology. [4]

Political career

She started her political journey with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 1993. Earlier from 1989-1993, she served as Regional Chairperson of Women and Child Welfare department for East Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam Districts.[ clarification needed ]

She contested from the Pithapuram constituency as an independent but lost. Between1995-2000, she served as chairperson of Zilla Parishad from East Godavari District. In 1997, she became the Vice President of the State Telugu Desam Party.[ clarification needed ]

From 2000-2006, she was a Member of Rajya Sabha representing Andhra Pradesh in the upper house of the Indian Parliament representing Telugu Desam Party. From 2000 to 2006, she served as a member on different committees like Transport and Tourism, Committee on Rules and the Consultative Committee on Human Resource Development.[ clarification needed ]

She joined the Praja Rajyam Party and won the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Pithapuram Constituency.[ clarification needed ]

Later, when PRP merged in the Congress, she became a member of the Indian National Congress.

In March 2019, she joined YSR Congress Party and became an MP winning the 2019 Indian General election from Kakinada on YSR Congress Party ticket.

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References

  1. ↑ "Kakinada Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency".
  2. ↑ "Pithapuram Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency".
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/geetha-viswanath-vanga [ bare URL ]
  4. 1 2 "Vanga Geetha". The Indian Express. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "17th Lok Sabha will see 76 women MPs, maximum so far". New Indian Express. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  6. ↑ Sankarkakinada, K. n Murali (26 March 2019). "Battle equally poised in port town Kakinada". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Rajya Sabha Members Biographical Sketches 1952–2003" (PDF). Rajya Sabha . Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Women Members of Rajya Sabha" (PDF). Rajya Sabha . Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Vanga Geetha quits Telugu Desam". The Hindu. 19 August 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  10. ↑ India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha (2006). Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. Council of States Secretariat. p. 16. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  11. 1 2 "Vanga Geetha | MP | Kakinada | Andhra Pardesh | YSRCP". 26 May 2020.
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