{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1955)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Lakshmi Parvathi | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Lakshmi Parvathi | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|9|14|df=y}} <!-- must be attributed to reliable sources --> | birth_place = <!-- must be attributed to reliable sources --> | office2 = Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | term_start2 = 10 May 1996 | term_end2 = 6 October 1999 | constituency2 = Pathapatnam | predecessor2 = Kalamata Mohana Rao | successor2 = Kalamata Mohana Rao | party = YSR Congress Party | spouse = Veeragrandham Venkata Subba Rao<br />{{marriage|N. T. Rama Rao|1993|1995|end=died}} | known_for = | occupation = {{hlist|Politician|Writer}} | other_party = Telugu Desam Party<br/>NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) }}
'''Lakshmi Parvathi''' (born 14 September 1955) is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh and widow of N. T. Rama Rao. She was previously married to a harikatha artist Veeragandham Venkata Subba Rao.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ttX7fOaUz8|title=NTR Marriage With Lakshmi Parvathi Real Facts By Veeragandham Venkata Subba Rao, EX Huasband|last=AB ANAND|date=24 April 2018|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OzhN-_dZiU|title=Lakshmi Parvathi About Her First Marriage - Kirrak Show - V6 News|last=V6 News Telugu|date=3 November 2016|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/stoi/In-NTRs-backyard/articleshow/2000062697.cms? | work=The Times Of India | title=In NTR's backyard - The Times of India}}</ref> Later, she separated from him and started living together with Rama Rao who officially married her in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/photo-features/telugu-celebrities-who-married-more-than-once/photostory/48510453.cms|title=Telugu celebrities who married more than once|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
==Education==
Lakshmi Parvathi completed her education in Telugu Literature from Telugu University of Telangana in the year 2000.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}
==Political career==
Lakshmi Parvathi became active in politics after her marriage to NTR in 1993. Following NTR's death, she established the NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) (NTRTDP (LP). She successfully contested from the Pathapatnam Assembly constituency as an MLA representing NTRTDP (LP) with the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1998/feb/10lp.htm|title=Rediff On The NeT: The Rediff Election Interview/ Lakshmi Parvathi|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref> In 1996 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh, the party fielded candidates in 42 Lok Sabha constituencies from Andhra Pradesh, securing 3,249,267 votes in the elections but failing to win any seats. In the 1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Parvathi contested from the Sompeta Assembly constituency and Eluru Assembly constituency. However, she lost in both constituencies, securing only 1,500 votes in Eluru.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/article30258303.ece|title=A clear majority for TDP|access-date=9 July 2020|archive-date=24 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524004156/https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/article30258303.ece|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Subsequently, Parvathi resigned as the president of NTRTDP (LP) and joined the YSR Congress Party in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ntr-statue-a-ploy-to-exploit-his-name-lakshmi-parvathi/article25792267.ece|title=NTR statue a ploy to exploit his name: Lakshmi Parvathi|newspaper=The Hindu|date=21 December 2018|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-11-03 |title=Lakshmi Parvathi to join YSR Congress |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/lakshmi-parvathi-to-join-ysr-congress/articleshow/17078244.cms |access-date=2024-12-15 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> She was appointed as Telugu Academy President during YCP regime.
==Later life== Parvathi has been the incumbent chair of Telugu and Sanskrit Academy since her appointment on 6 November 2019.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Pavan Kumar|last1=Bandari|access-date=2021-07-07|title=YSRCP leader Lakshmi Parvathi gets a plum post|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/ysrcp-leader-lakshmi-parvathi-gets-a-plum-post-578883|date=6 November 2019|website=www.thehansindia.com}}</ref> She made her acting debut in the 2021 film ''Radhakrishna'', which was about the traditional handicraft of Koyya dolls.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Vyas|access-date=2021-02-28|title=Lakshmi Parvathi to make her acting debut|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/cinema/tollywood/lakshmi-parvathi-to-make-her-acting-debut-607269|date=24 February 2020|website=www.thehansindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-02-28|title='Radhakrishna' connected culturally, says actor Anurag|url=https://telanganatoday.com/radhakrishna-connected-culturally-says-actor-anurag|website=Telangana Today}}</ref>
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