Rapolu Ananda Bhaskar


Rapolu Ananda Bhaskar is an Indian journalist turned politician belonging to Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh. After Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh he is allotted to Telangana state by draw of lots.

Early life

He was born in Bombay in the Padmashali community but hails from Kodakandla village in Warangal in Telangana. He has a master's degree in Sociology from Osmania University in 1987.

Career

He worked as a journalist before joining the Congress party in 1994. He worked as a back room manager at Congress party headquarters in AP, Gandhi Bhavan. He was leading the Telangana Congress Monitoring Group for attaining separate statehood for Telangana. He was General Secretary in APCC.
He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2012. He was handpicked by the ex-Congress party president, Sonia Gandhi. later he joined in the Bharatiya janata party in the presence of BJP national president Amit shah and central finance minister arun jaitely.

Personal life

He is married to Saroja and is blessed with a daughter, Priyanka and a son, Adityaram.