Ambati Rambabu

Early life and education Ambati Rambabu was born to AVSR Anjaneyulu and Venkata Subbamma in Repalle, Andhra Pradesh. He completed law education from the Nyaya Vidya Parishath Law College at Visakhapatnam in 1986. He practiced briefly as an advocate in his early career. He acted in an obscure film during his younger years before moving on to politics. After entering politics, he played a guest role in Tholakeni Pitta.

Political career

Indian National Congress Ambati started his political career with Indian National Congress. He was appointed the legal cell convener of the Guntur District Congress Party in 1988, president of the District Youth Congress in 1994 and as the chairman of the Non-Conventional Energy Resources Development Corporation. He was also the general secretary of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC). his son Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy went on an , a consolation tour during which he visited families supposedly affected by the death of his father, against the wishes of Congress party's High Command. Ambati, a confidant of Jagan and his father,

Later the same month, he alleged that Konijeti Rosaiah, the then chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, was obstructing Jagan's . Following a complaint by APCC over his statement, All India Congress Committee suspended him from Congress party citing anti-party activities and statements.

He acted as the chief spokesman for Jagan's camp, a group comprising MLAs and other politicians from Congress party who supported Jagan, when Jagan was still with Congress.

YSR Congress Party In March 2011, Ambati joined Jagan's newly-founded YSR Congress Party (YSRCP). , he is one of the official spokespersons of YSRCP, having been appointed as such in May 2011.

In September 2011, Telugu news channel ABN Andhra Jyothi broadcast a sting operation on Ambati where he was alleged to have allured a woman over phone for sexual favours. A few hours later, the woman involved came forward and declared that she was coerced by a representative of the news channel to make the allegations. Several cable operators in Guntur, in which Ambati holds a majority stake-holding, had blocked broadcast of the channel; Ambati denied the allegations and accused the channel of defaming him. He obtained a temporary injunction from Andhra Pradesh High Court against the channel, restricting it from broadcasting any content defaming him.

In January 2013, Ambati was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation as part of an investigation into alleged irregularities in land allotments to Emaar Properties involving APIIC and Rajasekhara Reddy's government, as Ambati was the chairman of the corporation at that time. He alleged that the investigation was intended to harass Jagan, his family and YSRCP members.

He contested the 2014 elections as the YSRCP candidate from Sattenapalle constituency and lost to Kodela Siva Prasada Rao of TDP. He later contested the 2019 elections from Sattenapalle, despite facing resistance from local YSRCP politicians, and won as the MLA against Kodela. He was also appointed the in-charge minister for Nellore district.

In 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election he contested the elections from sattenapalle and lost to his rival Kanna Lakshminarayana by 27,836 votes.

Personal life Ambati is married to Vijayalakshmi. The couple has three daughters.