Nara Lokesh
Indian politician
Nara Lokesh | |
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| Minister of Human Resources Development Government of Andhra Pradesh | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 12 June 2024 | |
| Governor | S. Abdul Nazeer |
| Chief Minister | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
| Preceded by | Botsa Satyanarayana |
| Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 4 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Alla Ramakrishna Reddy |
| Constituency | Mangalagiri |
| Information Technology, Electronics & Communications, Real Time Governance Government of Andhra Pradesh | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 12 June 2024 | |
| Governor | S. Abdul Nazeer |
| Chief Minister | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
| Preceded by | Gudivada Amarnath |
| In office 2 April 2017 – 29 May 2019 | |
| Governor | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
| Chief Minister | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
| Preceded by | Palle Raghunatha Reddy |
| Succeeded by | Mekapati Goutham Reddy |
| Minister for Panchayat Raj & Rural development Government of Andhra Pradesh | |
| In office 2 April 2017 – 29 May 2019 | |
| Governor | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
| Chief Minister | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
| Preceded by | Kinjarapu Atchannaidu |
| Succeeded by | Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy |
| Member of Legislative Council Andhra Pradesh | |
| In office 28 March 2017 – 29 March 2023 | |
| Chairman | |
| Leader of the House | |
| Constituency | Elected by MLAs |
| National General Secretary Telugu Desam Party | |
| Assumed office 2014 (serving along with K. Ram Mohan Naidu) | |
| National President | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1983-01-23) 23 January 1983 (age 41)[1] Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (now Telangana, India) |
| Political party | Telugu Desam Party |
| Spouse | Nara Brahmani |
| Children | Nara Devaansh[2] |
| Parent(s) | Nara Chandrababu Naidu (father) Nara Bhuvaneswari (mother) |
| Residence(s) | Hyderabad,Telangana, India |
| Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University (BSc) Stanford Graduate School of Business (MBA) |
| Occupation | Businessman, politician |
| Portfolio | Telugu Desam Party National General Secretary |
| Website | www |
Nara Lokesh (born 23 January 1983) is an Indian politician, who is the Information Technology and Communication & Industries Minister in the Government of Andhra Pradesh. He is the son of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief and the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, N. Chandrababu Naidu. He also served as Panchayat Raj, Rural development and IT and Communication minister through an MLC post.[3] He was severely criticized for not contesting the elections and becoming a minister in his father Chandrababu Naidu's cabinet.[4][5][6] However, after great criticism for not contesting any election, he finally chose to contest as an MLA for Mangalagiri Assembly Constituency and lost to YSR Congress Party candidate Alla Ramakrishna Reddy in 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections.[7][8] In 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election he was elected as MLA of Mangalagiri.[9]
Both he and his father, TDP chief, Chandrababu Naidu suffered a major political setback in the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections by winning only 23 seats out of the total 175 seats.[10] This was TDP's worst defeat ever.[11][12] In 2024 Indian general election Telugu Desam Party along with Jana Sena Party and Bharatiya Janata Party got a landslide victory winning 164 seats out of which Telugu Desam Party won 135 seats.[13]
Education
Lokesh has an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Bachelor of Science with a specialization in Management Information Systems from Carnegie Mellon University.[14]
Political career
Early political career
Lokesh started his Political Career in TDP. In 2014, Lokesh became TDP's General Secretary,[15] a member of the Politburo, the highest decision-making body of the party. He managed the party, interacted with party workers and citizens, and helped set the party policies and strategy.[16] He claimed in January 2013 that Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party derived the Direct Benefit Transfer System from a TDP proposal submitted to the central government.[17] He was first elected as the Member of Legislative Council in 2017.[18] Though he never won a direct election, he held several key positions in both party and state of Andhra Pradesh. His father N. Chandrababu Naidu, Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh made appointed him as a cabinet minister for IT, Panchayati Raj and Rural development in 2017 through.[19][20][21] In 2019, he unsuccessfully contested from the Mangalgiri constituency narrowly losing by a margin of 5,337 votes[22] to Alla Ramakrishna Reddy, a close aide of Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.[23][24]
Lokesh is credited with successfully managing the TDP party's membership drive that added five million members. The digital technology used by the onboarding team – tablets, live data feeds and a real-time dashboard – was the first such use for enrolling and managing party members in the country.[25]
Development and welfare models
Lokesh is a trustee of NTR Trust for Healthcare, Education, Skills Enhancement and Disaster Management.[26] Lokesh supervise the Trust's disaster response program that functions at times of natural calamities.[26] Each active member of the party will get a personal insurance cover of ₹2 lakh in case of a fatal accident, ₹2 lakh for permanent disability, ₹1 lakh for the partially disabled, and ₹50,000 in case of accidental injuries.[27]
Lokesh-led party online membership drive fetched TDP 53+ lakh members.[28]
Padayatra
On 27 January 2023, Lokesh started Yuva Galam Padayatra for youth of Andhra Pradesh for 400 days with a road-map to walk 4,000 kms from Kuppam to Ichchapuram.[29][30]
Later political career
In 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election he was elected as MLA of Mangalagiri with a majority of 91,413 votes in the constituency which was never won by Telugu Desam Party for 39 years.[31][32] This was the third highest majority in this assembly election.[33]
Post Elections he was inducted in the Cabinet led by Nara Chandrababu Naidu as Cabinet Minister with departments of Human Resources Development, Information Technology, Electronics and Communication, Real Time Governance.[34][35]
Electoral history
| Year | Office | Constituency | Party | Votes | % | Margin | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | MLA | Mangalagiri | TDP | 103,127 | 42.14 | -5,337 | Lost | [36] |
| 2024 | 167,710 | 66.07 | +91,413 | Won | [37] |
Awards and recognition
Lokesh won the "Skoch Person of the Year" award in 2018, for his innovative use of technology while resolving issues related to drinking water supply, transparency in governance, and other activities under his Panchayati Raj portfolio.[38]
In May 2018, he won the Business World magazine "Digital Leader of the Year" at the Businessworld Digital India summit in New Delhi. The award recognises the best utilisation of technology in governance.[39] The same year, the Kalam Centre for Livable Planet Earth and Sustainable Development recognised Lokesh's efforts in the successful integration of technology in rural governance and awarded the innovation award to Andhra Pradesh in the Panchayat Raj and Rural Development category.[40]
In September 2018, Lokesh was invited to represent India at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Entrepreneurship Summit and Annual Meeting of World Champions in Tianjin, China.[41] In the following month, he became the only Indian politician to be nominated to the WEF's Network of Global Future Councils (NGFC), an interdisciplinary knowledge group that deliberates on agile governance in terms of emerging technologies and business models.[42]
Personal life
In 2007, Lokesh married Nandamuri Brahmani, his first cousin and elder daughter of actor and politician, Nandamuri Balakrishna.[14][43] The couple have a son, Nara Devaansh.[44]
References
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- ^ "Chandrababu Naidu's son Nara Lokesh takes oath as MLC amid chanting of hymns". The Times of India. 30 March 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Lokesh reluctant to divulge plans for electoral debut". The Hindu. 29 December 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Why TDP's a party in trouble: Demoralised cadre, ageing Naidu & not-yet-ready Nara Lokesh". 3 November 2021.
- ^ "Chandrababu's Son Nara Lokesh Reacts to Being Called 'Gem of AP'". 6 April 2019.
- ^ "There is no point in searching for a safe seat: Nara Lokesh". The Times of India. 8 April 2019. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Andhra Assembly polls: TDP's Nara Lokesh loses to YSR Congress's Ramakrishna Reddy". India Today. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ Annam, Bandhavi (9 June 2024). "Lokesh wins with 90k majority in Mangalagiri". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "AP Election Results: YSR Congress storms to power in Andhra with landslide win". The Economic Times. 23 May 2019.
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- ^ Sridhar, G. Naga (4 June 2024). "TDP-JS-BJP Front wins landslide victory in Andhra Pradesh". The Hindu Business Business Line. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ a b Janyala, Sreenivas (16 February 2009). "Their fathers' sons". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "After 226 days and 3,132 km, Lokesh ends yatra". The Times of India. 19 December 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "Lokesh emerges as No. 2 in TDP". The Times of India. 12 July 2016. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Times of AP Rahul stole my idea says Lokesh Nara 1 January 2013
- ^ "Andhra Pradesh CM's son, six others elected to Legislative Council unanimously". The New Indian Express. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ "In the Heir: Dynasty Politics in the TDP Seem Headed for a 'Sonset'". The Wire. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "Chandrababu Naidu's son Nara Lokesh takes oath as Minister". The Hindu. 2 April 2017. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Andhra Pradesh CM's son, six others elected to Legislative Council unanimously". The New Indian Express. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Andhra Pradesh assembly elections: Narrow margin of defeat key reason for TDP picking Mangalagiri for Nara Lokesh | Vijayawada News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "Andhra Assembly polls: TDP's Nara Lokesh loses to YSR Congress's Ramakrishna Reddy". India Today. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
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- ^ PTI (3 November 2014). "TDP launches membership enrolment drive; to enroll members from neighbouring states". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Minister for Andhra Pradesh presents business opportunities to Atlanta companies". Khabar Magazine. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "TDP launches membership enrolment drive & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". 3 November 2014.
- ^ "Nara Lokesh driving TDP government for Papa Chandrababu Naidu & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". 3 January 2015.
- ^ "Yuvagalam Padayatra: Nara Lokesh interacts with local farmers at Santhipuram weekend shandy". The Times of India. 29 January 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ "Restrain cops from disrupting Yuva Galam Padayatra: TDP". The New Indian Express. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS0187.htm
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- ^ "Andhra Pradesh Cabinet Ministers List 2024: Pawan Kalyan, Nara Lokesh among 24 ministers in Chandrababu Naidu's Cabinet". The Indian Express. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ Service, Express News (15 June 2024). "Andhra Pradesh: Nara Lokesh to focus on strengthening education system in rural areas". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "Andhra Assembly polls: TDP's Nara Lokesh loses to YSR Congress's Ramakrishna Reddy". India Today. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ M, Sambasiva Rao (4 June 2024). "Andhra Assembly polls: TDP sweeps Guntur district, Nara Lokesh wins an Assembly seat for the first time". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Lokesh wins 'Skoch Person of the Year- Governance' award". The New Indian Express. 20 June 2018.
- ^ ANI (18 May 2018). "Nara Lokesh receives award for 'Digital Leader of the Year'". Business Standard.
- ^ Reporter, Staff (20 January 2018). "Lokesh receives innovation in governance award". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ ENS (13 September 2018). "Nara Lokesh on 6-day investment hunt, to take part in World Economic Forum meet in China'". The New Indian Express.
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- ^ "In last-ditch attempt, Naidu inducts daughter-in-law Nara Brahmani into TDP's campaign". 9 April 2019.
- ^ "Chandrababu Naidu's daughter-in-law Nara Brahmani, son ride Hyderabad Metro". The Times of India. 19 August 2019.
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| Preceded by | Minister for Panchayat Raj, Rural development, Information Technology and Communication 2 April 2017 – 29 May 2019 | Succeeded by |
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