14 Facts About Daggubati Purandeswari

Daggubati Purandeswari was born on 22 April 1959 and is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Daggubati Purandeswari is the president of Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh.

Daggubati Purandeswari is currently serving as a Member of Parliament of Lok Sabha representing the Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency.

Daggubati Purandeswari did her schooling from Sacred Heart Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Church Park, Chennai.

Daggubati Purandeswari is their second daughter and has 7 brothers and 3 sisters.

Daggubati Purandeswari has a Bachelor of Arts from the South Indian Educational Trust and Women College in literature in 1979, followed by a Diploma in gemmology at the Gemmological Institute of India in 1996.

Daggubati Purandeswari can read, write and speak five languages, English, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and French.

Daggubati Purandeswari is versatile in the Indian dance form Kuchipudi.

Daggubati Purandeswari married Daggubati Venkateswara Rao on 9 May 1979 and they have a daughter, Nivedita and son, Hitesh Chenchuram.

Daggubati Purandeswari had served as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2009 and MoS in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in 2012.

Daggubati Purandeswari represented the Visakhapatnam constituency of Andhra Pradesh as a Member of Parliament for Indian National Congress in the 15th Lok Sabha.

Daggubati Purandeswari had previously represented the Bapatla constituency in the 14th Lok Sabha from the Indian National Congress.

Daggubati Purandeswari joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 7 March 2014 after resigning from the Indian National Congress, as a mark of protest against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh that was favoured by the then United Progressive Alliance government.

Daggubati Purandeswari has been elected as a Member of Parliament from Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency in 2024 Indian General elections.