Koninty Manik Rao

Koninty Manik Rao (born 9 July 1955) is an Indian politician from Telangana state. He is an MLA from Zahirabad Assembly constituency which is reserved for SC community in Sangareddy district. He represents Bharat Rashtra Samithi and won the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election.

Early life and education Rao is from Zahirabad, which is Medak district (presently in Sangareddy district). His late father, Koninty Balappa, was a farmer. He was a government employee and retired as Road Transport Officer. He did his Diploma in Automobile and Mechanical engineering in 1978 at Government Polytechnic, Masab Tank, Hyderabad.

Career Rao started his career with Bharat Rashtra Samithi. He contested the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election and polled 56,716 votes but lost to his nearest rival and former minister J. Geeta Reddy of Indian National Congress by a narrow margin of 842 votes. However, he won the Zahirabad Assembly constituency in the 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election on BRS ticket