Panabaka Lakshmi

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Dr. Panabaka Lakshmi

| image = The Minister of State for Textiles, Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi addressing at the 18th Export Awards presentation function, in New Delhi on December 20, 2011.jpg

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|10|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kavali, Andhra Pradesh

| residence = Nellore

| death_date =

| death_place =

| office1 = Union Minister of State for Textiles

| term_start1 = 2009

| term_end1 = 2012

| primeminister1 = Manmohan Singh

| minister1 = Dayanidhi Maran
Anand Sharma

| predecessor1 = E. V. K. S. Elangovan

| successor1 = Ajay Tamta

| office2 = Union Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare

| term_start2 = 2004

| term_end2 = 2009

| primeminister2 = Manmohan Singh

| predecessor2 =

| successor2 = Dinesh Trivedi

| office3 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| term_start3 = 2009

| term_end3 = 2014

| predecessor3 = Daggubati Purandareswari

| successor3 = Malyadri Sriram

| constituency3 = Bapatla

| term_start4 = 2004

| term_end4 = 2009

| successor4 = Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy

| predecessor4 = Vukkala Rajeswaramma

| constituency4 = Nellore

| term_start5 = 1996

| term_end5 = 1999

| predecessor5 = Padmashree Kudumula

| successor5 = Vukkala Rajeswaramma

| constituency5 = Nellore

| party = Telugu Desam Party (From 2019)

| otherparty = *Indian National Congress {{small|(Till 2019)}}

| religion =

| spouse = Panabaka Krishnaiah

| children = 2 daughters

| website =

| footnotes =

| source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=3740

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Dr. Panabaka Lakshmi (born 6 October 1958) is an Indian politician and Former Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare (2004-2009) and Union Minister of State for Textile (2009-2012). She represents the Bapatla constituency of Andhra Pradesh and was a member of the Indian National Congress in combined Andhra Pradesh. Now she is a part of Telugu Desam Party (TDP).{{Cite web|author=Samdani MN|date=Mar 14, 2019|title=Panabaka Lakshmi in TDP: Congress leaders Panabaka Lakshmi, Harsha Kumar join TDP {{!}} Vijayawada News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/cong-leaders-panabaka-harsha-kumar-join-tdp/articleshow/68398851.cms|access-date=2021-04-20|website=The Times of India|language=en}}

Personal life

Dr. Panabaka Lakshmi was born in Kavali, Nellore (Andhra Pradesh) and married Dr. P. Krishnaiah, Ex.I.R.T.S She has two daughters. She completed her M.A. in Public Administration from Andhra University.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=3740|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116045937/https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=3740|title=Detailed Profile: Smt. Lakshmi Panabaka|archive-date=16 Jan 2019}}

Career

She was elected to the 11th, 12th, and 14th Lok Sabha from Nellore and to 15th Lok Sabha from Bapatla. She was the Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (2004–09), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, and Ministry of Textiles (2009–14) in UPA Govt.{{cite web |title=Minister of State |url=http://petroleum.nic.in/ministerst.htm |publisher=Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas |access-date=17 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928001952/http://petroleum.nic.in/ministerst.htm |archive-date=28 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}

She unsuccessfully contested 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Tirupati as a TDP candidate against Balli Durga Prasad Rao of YSRCP.{{Cite web|title=Tirupati Election Results 2019: YSRCP's Balli Durga Prasad Rao has won with 228376 votes|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/article/tirupati-andhra-pradesh-election-2019-tirupati-election-results-candidates-voter-population-polling-percentage/403662|access-date=2021-04-20|website=www.timesnownews.com|date=24 May 2019 |language=en}} In 2021, she is also unsuccessfully attend Lok Sabha By-elections from same Tirupati seat, which is vacant following the demise of sitting MP Balli Durga Prasad Rao.{{Cite news|last=Murali|first=S.|date=2021-04-06|title=Panabaka Lakshmi blames YSRCP, BJP for rise in prices of essential commodities|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/panabaka-lakshmi-blames-ysrcp-bjp-for-rise-in-prices-of-essential-commodities/article34248807.ece|access-date=2021-04-20|issn=0971-751X}}