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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| name = Beedha Masthan Rao
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| office = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| constituency = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_start = 22 June 2022
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| predecessor = [[T. G. Venkatesh]]
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| office1 = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly <br> Andhra Pradesh]]
| constituency1 = [[Kavali (Assembly constituency)|Kavali]]
| term1 = 2009 - 2014
| predecessor1 = [[Magunta Parvathamma]]
| successor1 = [[Ramireddy Pratap Kumar Reddy]]
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| other_party = [[YSR Congress Party]]<br/>(2019-2024)
| party = [[Telugu Desam Party]]<br/>(2009-2019) (2024-Incumbent)
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'''Beedha Masthan Rao Yadav''' is an Indian politician and businessman from [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2019/dec/08/former-mla-and-tdp-leader-beeda-masthan-rao-joins-ysrc-2073190.html |title=Former MLA and TDP leader Beeda Masthan Rao joins YSRC |website=newindianexpress.com |date=8 December 2019 |access-date=9 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/180522/ysrc-finalises-four-candidates-for-rajya-sabha.html | title=YSRC finalises four candidates for Rajya Sabha | publisher=[[Deccan Chronicle]] | date=18 May 2022 | accessdate=31 May 2022}}</ref><ref name="TheQuint 2018 x506">{{cite web | title=I-T Raids on Firms of TDP Leader Beeda Masthan Rao in Andhra | website=TheQuint | date=5 Oct 2018 | url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/i-t-raids-on-firms-of-tdp-leader-beeda-masthan-rao-in-andhra | access-date=23 Jul 2023}}</ref> He was [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) for [[Kavali Assembly constituency|Kavali constituency]]. He was elected to the [[Rajya Sabha]] in 2022.

==Political career==
From 2001 to 2006, Rao was ZPTC Member of Bogole Mandal, in [[Nellore district]]. In 2004, he contested as a member of the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] for the [[Allur Assembly constituency|Allur constituency]].

From 2009 to 2014, he was MLA for Kavali constituency, [[Andhra Pradesh]], and was on the Legislative Committee for BC Welfare. He was also Chairman of the Standing Committee on Labour, Factories, Employment and Training, Tourism; and Information Technology.

From 2014 to 2019, Rao was an advisory member of the Capital Region Development Authority of the [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]. In 2019, he contested for election to the [[Nellore Lok Sabha constituency]].

In 2022, Rao was elected as Member of Parliament in the [[Rajya Sabha]], and served on the Consultative Committee for the [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Ministry of Commerce and Industry]]. He resigned to YSR Congress party's primary membership and also as Rajya Sabha MP on 29 August 2024.<ref name="Two YSRCP MPs of Rajya Sabha resign, party set to lose ground in Upper House">{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/two-ysrcp-mps-of-rajya-sabha-resign/article68580468.ece|title=Two YSRCP MPs of Rajya Sabha resign, party set to lose ground in Upper House|last1=The Hindu|first1=|date=29 August 2024|accessdate=5 December 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205115154/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/two-ysrcp-mps-of-rajya-sabha-resign/article68580468.ece|archivedate=5 December 2024|language=en-IN}}</ref> He joined [[Telugu Desam Party]] in the Presence of Chief Minister [[N. Chandrababu Naidu|Nara Chandrababu Naidu]] on 9 October 2024.<ref name="YSRCP former MPs Mopidevi, Beeda Masthan Rao join TDP">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |date=9 October 2024 |title=YSRCP former MPs Mopidevi, Beeda Masthan Rao join TDP |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ysrcp-former-mps-mopidevi-beeda-masthan-rao-join-tdp/article68737691.ece |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205120452/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ysrcp-former-mps-mopidevi-beeda-masthan-rao-join-tdp/article68737691.ece |archivedate=5 December 2024 |accessdate=5 December 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014]]
[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians]]
[[Category:YSR Congress Party politicians]]

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GordonCoulston at 23:22, 18 April 2026