Addanki Dayakar
Addanki Dayakar | |
|---|---|
| Member of Legislative Council Telangana | |
| Assumed office 30 March 2025 | |
| Constituency | Elected by MLAs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1971 Nemmikallu, Athmakur Mandal, Surayapet District, Telangana, India[1] |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Nagamani |
| Residence | Hyderabad |
| Alma mater | Osmania University (M.Com, M.Phil, PhD) |
Addanki Dayakar (born 1971)[2][3] is an actor and Indian politician from Telangana. He was unanimously elected as member of Telangana Legislative Council on 13 March 2025[2][4][5] and took oath as MLC on 7 April 2025.[6] Earlier, he was named as Indian National Congress candidate for the MLC elections under the MLA quota on 9 March 2025.[7][8][9]
Early life and education
[edit]Dayakar is from Nemmikallu, Suryapet district, Telangana. He is the son of Addanki Ramalachu. He completed his Master of Commerce at Mahatma Gandhi University, Nalgonda in 1997, and did MCA at St. Patrick post graduate college, Hyderabad. He is now registered for his PhD course at Osmania University. He married Nagamani, a government teacher.[3]
Political career
[edit]After being active in the Telangana statehood movement, he started his political career after the formation of Telangana with the Indian National Congress Party. He contested unsuccessfully as the Congress candidate in the 2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election from the Thungathurthi Assembly constituency, which is reserved for the Scheduled Caste community in Nalgonda district.[10] He polled 62,003 votes but lost to Gadari Kishore Kumar of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi by a margin of 2,379 votes. He contested again on the Congress ticket in the 2018 Assembly elections and lost the same candidate by a margin of 1,847 votes.[11] He was denied a ticket in 2023 Assembly election in favour of Mandula Samuel, who won the Thungathurthi seat back for Congress.[11]
In April 2025, he was appointed as the observer of the Congress Party for the Jangaon district as part of the District Pradesh Congress Committee observer.
Filmography
[edit]- Jai Bolo Telangana (2011)
- Bheemadevarapally Branchi (2024)
References
[edit]- ^ "Addanki Dayakar 2018 Election Affidavit". 2018. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Telangana: Five MLCs elected unanimously under MLA quota". Deccan Chronicle. 13 March 2025. Archived from the original on 13 March 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Addanki Dayakar(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- THUNGATHURTHI (SC)(SURYAPET) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "5 MLCs under MLA quota elected unanimously". The Hans India. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
- ^ "MLC poll: 3 from Cong, 1 each of CPI & BRS win unopposed". The Times of India. 14 March 2025. Archived from the original on 14 March 2025. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
- ^ "Newly elected MLCs take oath increasing Congress's strength". The Hindu. 7 April 2025. Archived from the original on 8 April 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ^ "Vijayashanthi among three Congress candidates for Telangana MLC polls". The News Minute. 10 March 2025. Archived from the original on 10 March 2025. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "Congress announces names of candidates for biennial MLC polls in Telangana". Mint. 9 March 2025. Archived from the original on 10 March 2025. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "Thungathurthy Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Thungathurthy Constituency Election Results 2023: Thungathurthy Assembly Seat Details, MLA Candidates & Winner". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 July 2025.