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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Family name hatnote|Kadiri|lang=Telugu}}
{{use Indian English|date=January 2018}}
{{use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kadiri Babu Rao
| image = KADIRI-BABU-RAO.jpg
| caption = Rao in 2016
| party = [[YSR Congress Party]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959
|08|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Prakasam district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
| children =
| alma_mater = [[Nizam College]]
| other_party = [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| office = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Member of the Legislative Assembly <br> Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_start = 2014
| term_end = 2019
| constituency = [[Kanigiri Assembly constituency|Kanigiri]]
| predecessor = [[Mukku Ugra Narasimha Reddy]]
| occupation = [[Politician]]
| successor = [[Burra Madhusudan Yadav]]
}}

'''Kadiri Babu Rao''' is an Indian politician from the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He was the former [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) for the [[Kanigiri Assembly constituency]] representing [[Telugu Desam Party]] (TDP). He began his political career in the TDP in mid 1980s and later shifted to [[YSR Congress Party]] (YSRCP) in 2020.

== Early life ==
Rao was born in [[Seelamvaripalli]] village, [[Prakasam district]], Andhra Pradesh, to Kadiri Venkata Narasaiah,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Kadiri Babu Rao(TDP):Constituency- DARSI(PRAKASAM) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://myneta.info/andhrapradesh2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=6786 |access-date=7 December 2022 |website=myneta.info}}</ref> a diamond merchant.<ref name=":0">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckm4BfO3MmM |title=Darsi TDP MLA Candidate Kadiri Babu Rao Interview {{!}} Nayakudu {{!}} hmtv |date=29 March 2019 |type=Videotape |language=te |publisher=[[HMTV]]}}</ref> He was educated near Seelamavaripalli before his family migrated to [[Hyderabad]].<ref name=":0" /> He graduated with a BA degree from [[Nizam College|Nizam college]], [[Hyderabad]] in 1981.<ref name=":1" />

== Career ==
Rao entered politics in 1980s and joined TDP, and developed a close association with [[Nandamuri Balakrishna]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Apparasu |first=Srinivasa Rao |date=11 March 2020 |title=Senior Andhra Pradesh leaders quit TDP for Jagan's party before civic polls |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/senior-andhra-pradesh-leaders-quit-tdp-for-jagan-s-party-before-civic-polls/story-1PMghIKuw6cHJuyhOagToM.html |access-date=7 December 2022 |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |language=en}}</ref> He aspired to contest the [[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from Kanigiri constituency, however TDP fielded him from [[Darsi Assembly constituency]], but he lost to Buchepalli Subba Reddy, [[Indian National Congress]]-backed independent contestant.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=7 April 2009 |title=Kanigiri TDP candidate's nomination rejected |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/kanigiri-tdp-candidates-nomination-rejected/articleshow/4367725.cms |access-date=7 December 2022 |website=[[The Times of India]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Samdani MN |date=11 March 2020 |title=TDP suffers jolt as Satish Reddy, Kadiri quit party |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/tdp-suffers-jolt-as-satish-reddy-kadiri-quit-party/articleshow/74567272.cms |access-date=7 December 2022 |website=[[The Times of India]] |language=en}}</ref>

He later filed nomination to contest the [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from Kanigiri on behalf of TDP. Upon objections raised by [[Mukku Ugra Narasimha Reddy]], Congress candidate to Kanigiri, of a missing signature of Rao on his filed [[affidavit]], the nomination was rejected by the [[Election Commission of India]].<ref name=":2" />

He then contested the [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] and won as the MLA from Kanigiri.<ref name=":3" /> He later strived to contest the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] again from Kanigiri.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Talari |first=Yadedya |date=19 March 2019 |title=TDP candidate Kadiri Baburao may contest as independent from Kanigiri |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/tdp-candidate-kadiri-baburao-may-contest-as-independent-from-kanigiri-513423 |access-date=7 December 2022 |website=[[The Hans India]] |language=en}}</ref> However, [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]], TDP's president, did not facilitate it and fielded him from Darsi constituency.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=10 March 2020 |title=TDP, Jana Sena leaders join YSRCP |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/tdp-jana-sena-leaders-join-ysrcp/article31034086.ece |access-date=7 December 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Despite rumours that Rao was upset over Naidu's decision and that he might contest from Kanigiri as an independent,<ref name=":4" /> he moved forward with Darsi constituency but lost the election to Maddisetty Venugopal of YSRCP.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=18 November 2021 |title=TDP winning Darsi Nagar Panchayat surprises YSRCP |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/tdp-winning-darsi-nagar-panchayat-surprises-ysrcp-715831 |access-date=7 December 2022 |website=[[The Hans India]] |language=en}}</ref>

After his 2019 defeat, Rao, dissatisfied over Naidu's decision, took a break from politics and TDP. Following reports of his plans to change his political alliance, he left TDP and joined YSR Congress Party in March 2020.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pavan |date=10 March 2020 |title=Buzz: Balakrishna's aide likely to join YSRCP ahead of Local Body elections |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/buzz-balakrishnas-aide-likely-to-join-ysrcp-ahead-of-local-body-elections-610864 |access-date=7 December 2022 |website=[[The Hans India]] |language=en}}</ref>

== Other work ==
Rao established Kadiri Babu Rao Educational Society which is used to run Kadiri Baburao College of Agriculture & Horticulture in [[Prakasam district]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kadiri Baburao College of Agriculture |url=https://kbragri.in/founder/ |access-date=7 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kadiri Baburao College of Horticulture |url=https://kbrhorti.com/founders-message/ |access-date=7 December 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Telugu politicians]]
[[Category:People from Prakasam district]]
[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2014–2019]]
[[Category:YSR Congress Party politicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian politicians]]
[[Category:1959 births]]

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