Former Sikkim Governor and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ventrapragada Rama Rao passed away in Hyderabad, Telangana following an illness. He was 81.
Rama Rao was one of the founders of Jana Sangh (later became BJP) in Andhra Pradesh. He was also Andhra Pradesh BJP president during 1993 and 1997.
About Ventrapragada Rama Rao
- He also served as the president of the party unit in the then united AP for two times. In 2002, during the NDA regime, Rao was appointed as the governor of Sikkim.In a political career spanning nearly six decades, Rao held the post of national vice-president of the BJP.
- His speeches in the Upper House were marked with humour and wit.
- Rama Rao was elected for a record four times in a row to the AP Legislative Council during 1966 to 1984 from the Hyderabad Graduates Constituency.
- He joined the Jana Sangh in 1956. He had practised at the AP High Court before being elected as MLC on four occasions in the erstwhile AP State Legislature.
- Rao, who was born on December 11, 1935, in Machilipatnam in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, was a lawyer by profession.