Every successive government only aggravated Kakinada SEZ’s plight, says Pallam Raju
The Hindu
Mallipudi Mangapathi Pallam Raju, youngest Lok Sabha member, shares insights on Kakinada's growth and political battles in exclusive interview.
At 27, Mallipudi Mangapathi Pallam Raju was the youngest member of the 9th Lok Sabha. Being the son of former Union Minister M.S. Sanjeevi Rao, he rose to become the Union Minister of Human Resource Development (HRD) and Union Minister of State for Defence (2006-12) during former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Cabinet.
Mr. Pallam Raju has also set a record by becoming the first parliamentarian from Andhra Pradesh to hold the office of the Ministry of Defence.
In an exclusive interview with The Hindu, the three-time MP from Kakinada Lok Sabha shares insight on what went wrong in the growth chart and the triangle battle being fought in Kakinada, a maritime trade centre and India’s hub for oil and natural gas reserves on the East Coast.
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