Daggubati Venkateswara Rao, M.B.,B.S., (born 14 December 1953) is a former member of the Indian National Congress.
Daggubati Venkateswara Rao is the eldest son-in-law of Late N.
T.
Rama Rao, actor and founder of the Telugu Desam Party.
He is the son of Daggubati Chenchu Ramaiah.
He married politician Daggubati Purandeswari on 9 May 1979.
The couple have two children, Nivedita and Hitesh Chenchuram, a daughter and a son respectively.
Daggubati Venkateswara Rao is an Ex-Minister, Ex-Member of Parliament and Ex-Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Parchur constituency in Prakasham District up to 2014.
He won the 2009 General Election by getting 73,691 votes and a majority of 2,776 votes.
He was elected to AP State Assembly in 1984, 1985, 1989, 2004, 2009 and to Lok Sabha (Indian lower house) in 1991-1996 and to Rajya Sabha (Indian Upper House) in 1996.
He was neutral in 2014 elections but in 2019 he joined in YSR Congress Party.
He contested in the 2019 AP Legislative Assembly elections from Parchur Assembly Constituency, Prakasham district.
He was defeated by TDP candidate Eluri Sambasiva Rao with a narrow margin.