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Biography
Sarve Satyanarayana (born 4 April 1954) is an Indian politician and member of the Parliament of India, representing Malkajgiri constituency. He was inducted into Manmohan Singh's cabinet as Union minister of state for Transport in October 2012.
Early life
Sarve Satyanarayana was born in Hyderabad, in a dalit family, Madiga, to Laxmaiah and Mallamma. He did his B.A, LL.B. from Osmania University, Hyderabad at Evening College of Law, Abids, Hyderabad. He was a Student union leader at Law college.
Career
He rendered about 13 years of Govt. service in SBH Compilation from 1972–77; HMT, Hyderabad, from 1972–78; and SAIL, Hyderabad, 1978-1985. He was a trade union leader for about 10,000 employees in SAIL, spread over 42 branches all over the country.
Political career
Sarve Satyanarayana was elected to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1989, elected to the Lok Sabha from Siddipet constituency in 2004 and from Malkajgiri constituency in 2009. He is known for his down to earth behaviour and free accessibility.
Political career
He is the national spokesman of the Congress party. He is an Ex-Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha. He was appointed as MoS, Road Transport & Highways on 28 October 2012
Personal life
Sarve Satyanarayana is married to Sunita on 22 June 1981. She works in SAIL. They have a son and two daughters. One of the daughter Sangeetha is a state civil servant.