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Nadendla Bhaskara Rao (born 23 June 1935) is an Indian politician who served as the 11th Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh for a brief period in 1984. He served the shortest term being as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh – 31 days. His son Nadendla Manohar is the current MLA from Tenali and a current minister in the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
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Nadendla Bhaskara Rao | |
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| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 10 March 1998 – 26 April 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Tammineni Veerabhadram |
| Succeeded by | Renuka Chowdhury |
| Constituency | Khammam |
| 11th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh | |
| In office 16 August 1984 – 16 September 1984 | |
| Governor | |
| Preceded by | N.T. Rama Rao |
| Succeeded by | N.T. Rama Rao |
| Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1989–1994 | |
| Preceded by | Annabatguni Sathyanarayana |
| Succeeded by | Ravi Ravindranath |
| Constituency | Tenali |
| In office 1983–1985 | |
| Preceded by | Yadlapati Venkata Rao |
| Succeeded by | Veeraiah Kodali |
| Constituency | Vemuru |
| In office 1978–1983 | |
| Preceded by | Dammalapati Rama Rao |
| Succeeded by | Adusumalli Jai Prakasha Rao |
| Constituency | Vijayawada East |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 June 1935 Guntur, Madras Presidency, British India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2019) |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (until 2019) |
| Relatives | Nadendla Manohar (son) |
A lawyer by profession, he graduated from Osmania University, Hyderabad, he entered the AP state assembly in 1978. He served as a Minister of state in Chenna Reddy's cabinet.
After TDP won assembly elections in 1983, Bhaskara Rao joined NTR cabinet as Finance minister.
After one and a half years of the TDP's rule he along with his supporters pulled a coup on the NTR government in August 1984. Congress (I) gave support to Bhaskara Rao's group within TDP at a time when NTR was away in the US to undergo angiogram. Since Congress was in power in Delhi and their nominee occupied the AP Governor's post, Bhaskara Rao became CM of Andhra Pradesh.
Seventeen opposition parties, including the CPI, CPI(M), BJP and the Janata criticised this move and launched a 'Save democracy movement', leading to massive anti-Centre protest against the dismissal of the TDP government. NTR returned from US, wore black clothes and launched a statewide yathra to protest the dismissal of his government. He called it a dharma yuddham (a war for justice), a war against the authoritarian and autocratic rule at the centre, for restoration of democracy and safeguarding the Constitution. The central government, recalled the governor and reinstalled NTR as CM – the only instance in political history of India when a dismissed CM was reinstated.
Bhaskara Rao left TDP and joined Congress (I) along with his close supporter Amukurajah Rao. He resigned as AP CM after his tenure only lasted 31 days.
After a political hiatus, Bhaskara Rao was elected to the 12th Lok Sabha in 1998 from Khammam Constituency. He filed a defamation litigation on N.T.R: Mahanayakudu movie for showing his character negatively.[1][2]
He remains active in state politics until 6 July 2019 when he joined Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Union Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party PresidentAmit Shah.[3][4]
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