Nannapaneni Rajakumari
Nannapaneni Rajakumari (born October 9, 1948) is an Indian politician and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader. She is a MLC and an official spokesperson for the TDP.
Political career
She entered politics when the actor N. T. Rama Rao started the Telugu Desam party. Rajakumari was elected as MLA to Andhra Pradesh Assembly on two occasions, from Sattenapalli (1983–1985) and Vinukonda (1989–1994). She worked as minister for Cultural affairs and Tourism in Nadendla Bhaskara Rao's government.
She was the first women to ever become chief whip in India during the N. Janardhana Reddy and Dr. Chenna Reddy regimes. She also worked President of Andhra Pradesh State Mahila Congress. Rajakumari also held president of Telugu Mahila, women wing of Telugu Desam party.
Rajakumari declared she would be on a fast-unto-death from December 20, 2009 against the bifurcation of AndhraPradesh state with pressure from some groups from Telegana. Federal Government announced on December 9, 2009 that process of bifurcation process will begin and later clarified on December 23 the process will begin only after wide consultation with groups from all regions of the state. Rajakumari called off her strike after this announcement from the federal government.
