FILM ACTRESS R.K. ROJA IS NEW TOURISM MINISTER OF ANDHRA PRADESH

The Cine-Star turned politician R.K. Roja found her birth as the new Tourism Minister, Culture and Youth Advancement in the recently revamped cabinet of Andhra Pradesh.

 The Tourism Minister R. K. Roja was a leading actress in Tamil and Telugu cinema from 1991 to 2002. She has also acted in a few Kannada and Malayalam-language films. She was the recipient of three Nandi Awards and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award. Roja joined the Telugu Desam Party in 1999 and has been a member of the YSR Congress Party since 2011. She was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly twice, in 2014 and 2019. She has also served as the state women’s president of the YSR Congress Party. Roja was the chairman of APIIC Andhra Pradesh from 2019 to 2021 until she was appointed as the new Tourism Minister of Andhra Pradesh.

With this, her long-cherished dream has been fulfilled. It is, therefore, hoped that the tourism sector in the state of Andhra Pradesh will now flourish leaps and bounds and the horizon of promotion of tourism will be further expanded to a new level.

After taking over the charge of Tourism Minister she decided to bid adieu to films and television programs.

Welcoming the new Tourism Minister on behalf of the Tours and Travels Association of Andhra (TTAA), K. Vijay Mohan who is also the Chairman of ADTOI Telangana said that the association is looking forward to working closely with the new Minister for the promotion of tourism sector in the state.