Thaneeru Harish Rao (born 3 June 1972) is an Indian politician belonging to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi. He represents Siddipet Assembly constituency.Now he is Cabinet Minister for Irrigation, Marketing & Legislative Affairs.
Early life
Harish Rao was born in Siddipet, Medak District to Satyanarayana Rao and Laxmi Bai. He is the nephew of TRS party chief K. Chandrashekhar Rao. He did his Bachelor of Arts in Siddipet. On June 2nd 2014 he became the minister for first ever Telangana Government.
Political career
Harish Rao was elected from the Siddipet Assembly constituency in 2004 at the age of 32, after the seat was vacated by K. Chandrashekhar Rao who had won both the Siddipet Assembly and Karimnagar Parliamentary seat in the 2004 General Elections. Harish Rao who just then completed his studies had directly forayed into politics by involving in Telangana agitation.
After the TRS legislators resigned from their Assembly seats in 2008, protesting the delay in the
formation of Telangana by the UPA Government( which had included Telangana state formation in their Common Minimum Programme(CMP)), he contested the by-polls in Siddipet constituency.
formation of Telangana by the UPA Government( which had included Telangana state formation in their Common Minimum Programme(CMP)), he contested the by-polls in Siddipet constituency.
He was reelected in the general elections in 2009 which he won in Andhra Pradesh.
Personal life
Harish Rao is married to Srinitha and has a son and daughter.
Harish Rao studied polytechnic from JNTU Masab Tank
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