Nara Lokesh

Nara Lokesh
Nara Lokesh
National General Secretary; Telugu Desam Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2014 ; (serving along with Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu)
Preceded by	Position Established
Minister for Panchayat Raj, Rural development, Information Technology and Communication; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 2 April 2017 – 30 May 2019
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Palle Raghunatha Reddy
Succeeded by	Mekapati Goutham Reddy
Member of Legislative Council; Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 28 March 2017 – 29 March 2023
Chairman	A. Chakrapani ; N. M. D. Farooq ; Shariff Mohammed Ahmed ; Koyye Moshenu Raju
Leader of the House	N. Chandrababu Naidu ; Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Constituency	Elected by MLAs
Personal details
Born	23 January 1983; Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana), India
Political party	Telugu Desam Party
Spouse	Nara Brahmani
Children	1 son
Parent(s)	Nara Chandrababu Naidu (father); Nara Bhuvaneswari (mother)
Residence(s)	Hyderabad,Telangana, India
Alma mater	Carnegie Mellon University (BSc); Stanford Graduate School of Business (MBA)
Occupation	Businessman, politician
Portfolio	Telugu Desam Party; National General Secretary
Website	http://www.naralokesh.in

Nara Lokesh (born 23 January 1983) is an Indian politician. He is the son of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu Naidu. He also served as Panchayat Raj, Rural development and IT and Communication minister through an MLC post. He was severely criticized for not contesting the elections and becoming a minister in his father Chandrababu Naidu's cabinet. However, after great criticism for not contesting any election, he finally chose to contest as an MLA for Mangalagiri Assembly Constituency and lost miserably to YSR Congress Party candidate Alla Ramakrishna Reddy in 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections.

Both he and his father, TDP chief, Chandrababu Naidu suffered a major political setback in the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections by winning only 23 seats out of the total 175 seats. This was TDP's worst defeat ever in the history.

Following the defeat, Lokesh embarked on a 3,100km padayatra, covering 100 assembly constituencies over 226 days. Despite facing legal challenges during this period, including the Inner Ring Road (IRR) case, 6 Lokesh managed to enhance his political standing and emerged as a prominent leader within the TDP.

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