Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu (2 October 1921 – 19 January 1989) was a member of the legislative assembly (MLA) of Puducherry, India from 1964 until his death in 1989.
Birth and family
He was born in Yanam, the son of Former Maire de Yanaon, Kamichetty Venugopala Rao Naidou. He married Kamichetty Savithri. He was an undisputed leader until his death in Yanam after his father.
Member of representative assembly
He was member of representative assembly between 1946 and 1964 by winning elections in 1946,[1] 1955 and 1959.[2] However, in 1951 elections he lost to Canacala Tataya.
Member of legislative assembly
He was never defeated throughout his political career. He held the constituency as his pocket borough without facing any challenge in winning the seat consecutively in 1964 (INC), 1969 (IND), 1974 (IND), 1977 (JP), 1980 (IND) and in 1985 (INC). As long as he was alive he contested without break from the first elections held in 1964 as per Representation of People Act for the territorial Assembly after de jure merger of Puducherry with India.
He contested most of the time as an Independent and was deputy speaker twice.[4][5] Kamichetty became 10th Speaker of Puducherry Legislative Assembly after his elections in 1985.[6] He died in office on 19 January 1989. He was the longest-serving Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the history of Puducherry Legislative Assembly until 1989.