Moturu Hanumantha Rao


Moturu Hanumantha Rao was a Communist party leader in the state of Andhra Pradesh, South India. He was the founder-Editor of the Communist newspaper Prajasakti published from Vijayawada. Prajasakti was brought out as a daily under the leadership of P. Sundarayya and editorship of Moturu Hanumantha Rao on 1 August 1981, when the first issue was released by E. M. S. Namboodiripad.
Madras Legislative Assembly and Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 1952–55,
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council, 1978–84 and
Rajya Sabha, 3-4-1988 to 2-4-1994; Chairman, Department-related Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Industry, Rajya Sabha, 1993–94;
Secretary, Andhra Pradesh State Committee of CPI, 1964–82; Author of a few books.
He died in 2001.