Talari Rangaiah
Talari Rangaiah had voluntarily announced his retirement from his post as Additional Director in the handloom department of DRDA in the Anantapur district.[citation needed] In 2019, he was elected to the 17th Lok Sabha of Anantapur Constituency as a Member of Parliament (MP) with a margin of 6,95,208 votes and with a majority of 1,41,428 from the YSRCP party.[citation needed] Member of Parliament Talari Rangaiah has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Ministry of Railways to introduce a Kisan Rail for transporting export-oriented horticulture produce from the state and other places in the country.[citation needed] The MP in his letter mentioned that in the Anantapur district, horticulture plantation is spread over 2.2 lakh hectares.[citation needed] Rangaiah was born in a poor family of farmers, unprivileged society and backward class of Boya community.