Malladi Krishna Rao

He has continuously won twice as an Independent candidate and twice as an Indian National Congress candidate in MLA elections and got the highest majority in Yanam for the first time in Yanam History. He is the first Yanam citizen from Yanam to become the minister in Government of Puducherry in 2007. For older people who have nowhere to go and no one to support them, Malladi Krishna Rao, as a founder-Chairman, promoted and established Yanam Old Age Home on 1 March 1997 to safeguard the rights of elderly deserted persons and to provide them with 100% free facilities like accommodation, health apart from love and care. Yanam Eye Bank was established on 7 April 2008 with a view to collect corneas from deceased persons as per their will to transplant corneas to bring sight to the blind people in collaboration with L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad for free of cost. Malladi Krishna Rao and his wife volunteered for the donation of their eyes after their demise, which has inspired many people to come forward for the donation of eyes voluntarily. As all children deserve a loving home, healthy nutritious diet with education, Yanam Chinnarula Ananda Nilayam (An Orphanage) is another Non- Profitable Charitable Institution established by Malladi Krishna Rao on 6th Jan 2009 by giving shelter to many Underprivileged & Orphaned children who were destitute from different parts in and around Yanam irrespective of their caste, creed & religion.

• He again became a minister with the portfolios of Revenue, Excise, Fisheries, Tourism, Civil Aviation and Sports & Youth Services in the Cabinet of Pondicherry.

• He was appointed as Minister in May 2006 holding the portfolios of Tourism, Local Administration, Civil Aviation, Rural Development, District & Rural Development.

• Malladi Krishna Rao has been elected as people’s representative (MLA) by the people of Yanam since 1996 and has been holding the post for the last 20 years

• He raised the pending public issues in front of the Government by starting an agitation of Chalo Pondicherry Campaign to Pondicherry, which was 850 km from Yanam with a journey for 5 days with hundreds of volunteers including 80 women volunteers.

• He strived hard to assist a colony in Yanam, the Old Rajeev Nagar Fire Victims by reconstruction of the entire colony.

• He established new housing colonies by donating his own lands costing lakhs of rupees to the poor homeless people for the construction of houses.

He was awarded as the Best MLA Award twice from the Lieutenant Governor and Chief Minister of Puducherry which was the first time in India by getting the no objection from all the legislative members of all parties of Pondicherry; In his term in politics from 1996 there has been a huge development took place and Yanam stood the best constituency in Puducherry as compared to the growth-rate every year. He was conferred with “Vayo Shresta Samman (Institutional) Award” by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India in 2012.