This has resulted in protests from Forward caste community members and supporters from other communities under the banner of Youth for Equality.
He was not given a surname so as to stop the audiences from perceiving him as upper caste or lower caste or from a particular locale or ethnicity.
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Even after India attaining Independence from the British Raj in 1947, Andhra Pradesh state of India is governed till today either by Indian National Congress, dominated by one caste (5% of Andhra Pradesh population) of Forward Caste, or by Telugu Desam Party, dominated by another Forward Caste (3% of Andhra Pradesh population).
Mr Rao was born in Pothunuru, a village near Denduluru in the West Godavari District on 11 July 1956, the elder son of Swargeeya Kalagara Venkateswara Rao and Jaya Lakshmi.He is from Prominent Kamma(Chowdary)Forward caste Zamindaris family in Andhra Pradesh.