Hyderabad: Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo, inducted into the union cabinet, is a five-time Congress MP from Araku constituency in north coastal Andhra Pradesh with vast parliamentary experience.
The 64-year-old leader comes from a Scheduled Tribe community Konda Dora and a family of tribal hill chiefs. He has been named Cabinet Minister of Tribal and Panchayati Raj Affairs.
He earlier served as union minister of state for steel, mines and coal in 1979-80.
He was re-elected to the seventh and eighth Lok Sabhas in 1980 and 1984 respectively. He became a member of Rajya Sabha in 1994.
He has been a member of various parliamentary committees. He was also chairman of the committee to probe the alleged offer of money made to some MPs in connection with voting on the motion of confidence in 2008. He also served as chairman of the committee to inquire into allegations of misuse of MPLAD funds and the chairman of the committee of privileges of the Lok Sabha in 2006.
Educated at Chennai Christian College, Tambaram, Chennai, Deo did his graduation in economics and M.A. in political science.
Married to V. Preeti Deo, he has a son and a daughter.
The 64-year-old leader comes from a Scheduled Tribe community Konda Dora and a family of tribal hill chiefs. He has been named Cabinet Minister of Tribal and Panchayati Raj Affairs.
He earlier served as union minister of state for steel, mines and coal in 1979-80.
He was re-elected to the seventh and eighth Lok Sabhas in 1980 and 1984 respectively. He became a member of Rajya Sabha in 1994.
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He has been a member of various parliamentary committees. He was also chairman of the committee to probe the alleged offer of money made to some MPs in connection with voting on the motion of confidence in 2008. He also served as chairman of the committee to inquire into allegations of misuse of MPLAD funds and the chairman of the committee of privileges of the Lok Sabha in 2006.
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Educated at Chennai Christian College, Tambaram, Chennai, Deo did his graduation in economics and M.A. in political science.
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Married to V. Preeti Deo, he has a son and a daughter.
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