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{{short description|Indian politician (born 1939)}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = K. Keshava Rao
| native_name =
| image = K.Keshav Rao DSC 9164 CROPPED.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = Kancherla Keshava Rao
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|04|04|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mahbubabad]], [[Hyderabad State]], [[British Raj|British India]] (present{{endash}}day [[Telangana]], India)
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start = 10 April 2020
| term_end = 5 July 2024
| predecessor = ''Himself''
| successor = [[Abhishek Singhvi]]
| constituency = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Telangana| Telangana]]
| term_start1 = 10 April 2014
| term_end1 = 9 April 2020
| predecessor1 = [[Nandi Yellaiah]]
| successor1 = ''Himself''
| constituency1 = * [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh| Andhra Pradesh]]
* [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Telangana| Telangana]]
| term_start2 = 3 April 2006
| term_end2 = 2 April 2012
| predecessor2 = Alladi P Rajkumar
| successor2 = [[Renuka Chowdhury]]
| constituency2 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh| Andhra Pradesh]]
| office3 = 32th [[Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee| President of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee]]
| term_start3 = 2005
| term_end3 = 2008
| 1blankname3 = [[All India Congress Committee| AICC]] President
| 1namedata3 = [[Sonia Gandhi]]
| predecessor3 = [[Dharmapuri Srinivas]]
| successor3 = Dharmapuri Srinivas
| office4 = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council| Deputy Chairman Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council]]
| term_start4 = 1979
| term_end4 = 1980
| 1blankname4 = Chairman
| 1namedata4 = Syed Mukasheer Shah
| 2blankname4 = Leader of the House
| 2namedata4 = [[Marri Chenna Reddy]]
| constituency4 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| office5 = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council| Member of Legislative Council Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_start5 = 1979
| term_end5 = 1985
| 1blankname5 = Chairman
| 1namedata5 = Syed Mukasheer Shah
| 2blankname5 = Leader of the House
| 2namedata5 = [[Marri Chenna Reddy]]
| constituency5 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| nationality = Indian
| party = [[Indian National Congress]] (till May 2013; 2024{{endash}}present)
| residence = 312, Telangana Bhawan, New Delhi
| alma_mater = [[Osmania University]] Badruka College
| signature =
| spouse = Vasanta Kumari
| children = 4; including [[Gadwal Vijayalakshmi]]
| occupation = Political and Social Worker, Journalist and Educationist
| source = http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=1998
| otherparty = [[Bharat Rashtra Samithi]] (May 2013{{endash}}2024)
}}
'''Kancherla Keshava Rao''', popularly known as '''KK''' (born 4 June 1939), is an Indian politician from the [[Indian National Congress]] party. He previously served as a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the [[Indian Parliament]] from 2014 to 2024 and previously from 2006 to 2012.

Rao served as the [[Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee]] (APCC) president in the mid-2000s, during the tenure of late Chief Minister [[YS Rajasekhara Reddy]] in Andhra Pradesh. He joined the [[Bharat Rashtra Samithi]] (BRS), then Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in 2013 and served as the party secretary general. He was re-elected to Rajya Sabha in 2014 representing [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news |date=7 February 2014 |title=Subbarami Reddy, Keshava Rao elected to Rajya Sabha from Andhra |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/subbarami-reddy-keshava-rao-elected-to-rajya-sabha-from-andhra-114020701428_1.html |accessdate=24 June 2019 |newspaper=Business Standard |agency=IANS}}</ref> Despite being from [[Telangana]] he was assigned to Andhra Pradesh because of the lot method used to assign [[Rajya Sabha]] members for the newly created [[Telangana]] and residual [[Andhra Pradesh]]. In 2020, he was again re-elected for a six-year term representing [[Telangana]].<ref name="KCR re-nominates Keshav Rao to RS for federal front">{{cite news |title=KCR re-nominates Keshav Rao to RS for federal front |url=https://sundayguardianlive.com/news/kcr-re-nominates-keshav-rao-rs-federal-front#google_vignette |access-date=3 July 2024 |date=14 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703181136/https://sundayguardianlive.com/news/kcr-re-nominates-keshav-rao-rs-federal-front#google_vignette |archive-date=3 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=India |first=The Hans |date=2020-03-19 |title=K Keshava Rao, Suresh Reddy elected to Rajya Sabha |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/k-keshava-rao-suresh-reddy-elected-to-rajya-sabha-612736 |website=[[The Hans India]]}}</ref><ref name="K Keshava Rao leaves BRS floundering, to join Congress">{{cite news |last1=The New Indian Express |first1= |date=29 March 2024 |title=K Keshava Rao leaves BRS floundering, to join Congress |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2024/Mar/29/k-keshava-rao-leaves-brs-floundering-to-join-congress |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413180908/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2024/Mar/29/k-keshava-rao-leaves-brs-floundering-to-join-congress |archive-date=13 April 2024 |access-date=13 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

K. Keshava Rao rejoined Congress party on 3 July 2024 in the presence of [[All India Congress Committee]] (AICC) president [[Mallikarjun Kharge]] in New Delhi.<ref name="Keshava Rao returns to Congress after a decade as Kharge welcomes him back">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |title=Keshava Rao returns to Congress after a decade as Kharge welcomes him back |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/home-coming-for-keshava-rao-as-kharge-welcomes-him-back-into-congress/article68363152.ece |access-date=3 July 2024 |date=3 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703175704/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/home-coming-for-keshava-rao-as-kharge-welcomes-him-back-into-congress/article68363152.ece |archive-date=3 July 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="Keshava Rao tenders resignation from membership of Rajya Sabha after joining Congress">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |title=Keshava Rao tenders resignation from membership of Rajya Sabha after joining Congress |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/a-day-after-joining-congress-kk-tenders-resignation-from-membership-of-rajya-sabha/article68366610.ece |access-date=5 July 2024 |date=4 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240705054203/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/a-day-after-joining-congress-kk-tenders-resignation-from-membership-of-rajya-sabha/article68366610.ece |archive-date=5 July 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=After rejoining Congress, K Keshava Rao appointed Advisor to Telangana government |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/politics/after-rejoining-congress-k-keshava-rao-appointed-advisor-to-telangana-government20240706172704/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=ANI News |language=en}}</ref> He resigned from the Rajya Sabha on 4 July 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-07-05 |title=Keshava Rao quitting RS puts Congress in a fix over defected BRS MLAs |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/keshava-rao-quitting-rs-puts-congress-in-a-fix-over-defected-brs-mlas/articleshow/111501265.cms |access-date=2024-11-23 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

Keshava Rao was appointed as the Advisor (Public Affairs) to the [[Government of Telangana]] with Cabinet status by Chief Secretary A. Santhi Kumari on 6 July.<ref name="K. Keshava Rao appointed as public affairs adviser to government">{{cite news |last1=Deccan Chronicle |first1= |title=K. Keshava Rao appointed as public affairs adviser to government |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/telangana/k-keshava-rao-appointed-as-public-affairs-adviser-to-government-1808877 |access-date=6 July 2024 |work= |date=6 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706163208/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/telangana/k-keshava-rao-appointed-as-public-affairs-adviser-to-government-1808877 |archive-date=6 July 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="K Keshava Rao appointed as Adviser to Telangana government">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |title=K Keshava Rao appointed as Adviser to Telangana government |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/k-keshava-rao-appointed-as-telangana-govt-advisor/article68374294.ece |access-date=6 July 2024 |date=6 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706163415/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/k-keshava-rao-appointed-as-telangana-govt-advisor/article68374294.ece |archive-date=6 July 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==Election History==
===Rajya Sabha===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Position
! colspan="2" |Party
! Constituency
! From
! To
! Tenure
|-
| [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]] (1st Term)
| {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| 3 April 2006
| 2 April 2012
| '''{{ayd|2006|4|3|2012|4|2}}'''
|-
| [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]] (2nd Term)
| {{Party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
| [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| 10 April 2014
| 25 March 2020
| '''{{ayd|2014|4|10|2020|3|25}}'''
|-
| [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]] (3rd Term)
| {{Party name with color|Bharat Rashtra Samithi}}
| [[Telangana]]
| 10 April 2020
| 5 July 2024
| '''{{ayd|2020|4|10|2024|7|5}}'''
|}

== Personal life ==
He was born to K. Niranjan Rao and Govindamma in [[Mahbubabad]], [[Warangal]], [[Hyderabad State]] on 13 December 1940 (official records 6 June 1939). He received his B.Com from Badruka College, then pursued an M.A. at [[Osmania University]]'s Arts College and later PhD from Osmania University, Hyderabad. He is married to Vasantha Kumari and has two sons and two daughters. One of his daughters, [[Gadwal Vijayalakshmi]], served as the [[List of mayors of Hyderabad|mayor]] of [[Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=1998 Profile on Rajya Sabha website]

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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Telangana]]
[[Category:Bharat Rashtra Samithi politicians]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Date of birth uncertain]]
[[Category:People from Hanamkonda district]]
[[Category:Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council]]
[[Category:Telugu politicians]]
[[Category:1939 births]]
[[Category:Presidents of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee]]

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