It is soon going
to be ‘Son Rise’ in the ‘Sun Rise’ state. Andhra Pradesh CM Chandra Babu Naidu
loves to call his state as Sun Rise state to lure investors. Now, he is all set
to induct his son Nara Lokesh in his Cabinet giving him some key portfolios.
Nara Lokesh is already the General Secretary of TDP. It should be noted that
Chandra Babu was also the General Secretary of the party during the last term
of NTR, when he revolted and dethroned Telugu icon.
Profile of Nara Lokesh
Nara Lokesh is
born on 23rd January, 1983 to Chandra Babu Naidu and Nara Bhuvaneshwari.
Needless to say, he is the grandson of Late NTR.
Lokesh did
schooling from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in Hyderabad and then graduated from
Little Flower Junior College. He has always been a brilliant student and scored
well throughout. After completing schooling, he took admission in Carnege
Mellon University in the USA and did BS in MIS. Later, he also did MBA from
Stanford University.
After returning
from the USA, Nara Lokesh joined Heritage Foods Pvt. Ltd. This company was
started in 1992 by his father Chandra Babu Naidu. Lokesh took this company to
new heights and currently it is one of the most reputed dairy, grocery and
retailing businesses of Southern India. Once, he established Heritage brand
strongly, he turned his focus towards politics.
Nara interest
into the politics was fresh and revolutionary. The Direct Cash Transfer that
UPA and Modi Government have worked upon was first proposed by Nara Lokesh in
2009. It was included into the TDP manifesto. This was also the first time when
the imprint of Nara Lokesh was seen in the TDP politics. However, the party
lost that Assembly election and his revolutionary ideas went into cold sacks.
Nara Lokesh
formally joined TDP in 2013 as head of TDP Youth’s Wing. His rise in the party
is meteoric. There is no denying that being the son of the party chief helped
him. But, one can also not deny the positive work he is doing for the party. In
fact, he is now widely regarded as the second most popular leader of TDP and
this respect and recognition has nothing to do with his relation with Chandra
Babu Naidu.
Wife of Nara Lokesh
Nara Lokesh is
married to Brahmani, who is his maternal cousin. Brahmni is the daughter of Telugu
actor and current MLA Nandamuri Balakrishna. The couple has a son named
Devansh. They are not planning to have any more babies.
Nara Lokesh was
also once accused of fathering another baby named Nara Santosh. The accusation was
levelled by a person who was in jail for cheating case. The entire drama was
termed as an attempt of a frustrated person to give credence to his theory that
he was honest and framed by Naidu family.
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