Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu

Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu (born 29 April 1983) is an Indian politician and a former Member of Parliament. He previously served as the Member of 17th Lok Sabha representing Narasaraopet constituency. He contested and won in Indian National Elections 2019 from Narasaraopet Constituency. He also serves as the Vice Chairman of Vignan University.

Early life and education

Krishna was born on 29 April 1983. He is the child of Lavu Rathaiah and Lavu Nirmalamma.

He studied Media studies from La Trobe University, Australia and university of California, Santa Barbara.

After education, he took charge as Vice chairman of Vignan's University before foraying into mainstream politics.

Political career

Sri Krishna Devarayalu Lavu is a first time member of Parliament who contested the 2019 general elections. He won the seat by securing a vote share of 51.83% and by a margin of 1,53,978 votes. He served as a member of the erstwhile Human Resources Development Standing Committee. Since 2021, he has been a member of the Committee of Public Undertakings, Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports and Consultative Committee on Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.

He has spoken in Parliament on a range of legislation such as, The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, The National Medical Commission Bill, The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill and The Central Universities (Amendment) Bill. He has also raised various issues in Parliament, a few being, the demand to establish a Chilli Board in Guntur and the Construction of the Varikapudisala Lift Irrigation Project in Andhra Pradesh.

On 23 January 2024, he resigned as the Member of Parliament and left YSRCP.