He is a former Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
He became MLC in 2017 and again contested MLA from Eluru and was re-elected as MLA in the 2019 elections from YSRCP[2] and he became the Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education in Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy's cabinet in Andhra Pradesh.
[3] On 9 August 2024, he tendered his resignation to the YSRCP and announced his exit from politics.
[4] On 13 February 2025, he joined Telugu Desam Party.
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