Daggubati Purandeswari
Daggubati Purandeswari (born 22 April 1959) is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh and the State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh since 2023. She had served as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2009 and MoS in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in 2012.
Daggubati Purandeswari | |
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| 13th President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2023 | |
| National President | J. P. Nadda |
| Preceded by | Somu Veerraju |
| Minister of State Human Resource Development Government of India | |
| In office 29 January 2006 – 28 October 2012 served along with E. Ahmed (2011-2012) | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Minister | Arjun Singh Kapil Sibal |
| Preceded by | Kanti Singh |
| Succeeded by | Jitin Prasada |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1 June 2009 – 28 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy |
| Succeeded by | K. Hari Babu |
| Constituency | Visakhapatnam |
| In office 29 May 2004 – 31 May 2009 | |
| Preceded by | D. Ramanaidu |
| Succeeded by | Panabaka Lakshmi |
| Constituency | Bapatla |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nandamuri Purandeswari 22 April 1959 Madras, Madras State, (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu) India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2014-Present) |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (2004-2014) |
| Spouse | |
| Relations | See Nandamuri–Nara family |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent | N. T. Rama Rao (father) |
| Education | B.A. (Literature) and Graduate in Gemology |
| Alma mater | South Indian Educational Trust Women College (Chennai) Gemmological Institute of India Profession Political & Social Worker |
As of 17 May, 2009 Source: | |
She represented the Visakhapatnam constituency of Andhra Pradesh as a Member of Parliament of Indian National Congress in the 15th Lok Sabha of India. She had previously represented the Bapatla constituency in the 14th Lok Sabha from the Indian National Congress. She joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 7 March 2014 after resigning from the Indian National Congress, as a mark of protest against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh that was favoured by the then United Progressive Alliance government.
In 2014, she fought the Lok Sabha election on a BJP ticket from Rajampet and lost. Purandareswari was appointed the BJP Mahila Morcha Prabhari. She continues as the appointed state in-charge of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Odisha unit since 13 November 2020. On July 4, 2023, the central leadership of the BJP appointed her as the President of the Andhra Pradesh BJP. In March 2024, she was announced as the BJP candidate from the Rajahmundry Constituency for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.
Her eloquence, articulation and impassioned speeches have earned her the title of the "Sushma Swaraj of the South".