sentences:  He campaigned for Indira Gandhi in Medak district where she was elected as the prime minister of India in the 1980s.He was first elected to the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly on the Congress party ticket at an age of 26 from the Zaheerabad constituency in Medak District.Since then he has been voted back to the assembly seven consecutive times.He could retain his assemly seat in both 1983 and 1985 assembly elections despite there was a wave of N.T.Rama Rao's Telugu Desam Party.