As president, Reddy worked with Prime Ministers Morarji Desai, Charan Singh and Indira Gandhi. Reddy was succeeded by Giani Zail Singh in 1982 and he retired to his farm in Anantapur. He died in 1996 and his "samadhi" is at Kalpally Burial Ground, Bangalore. In 2013, the Government of Andhra Pradesh commemorated Reddy's birth centenary.
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Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Introduction
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In response to Jayaprakash Narayan's call for a Total Revolution, Reddy emerged from his political exile in 1975. In January 1977, he was made a member of the Committee of the Janata Party and in March, he fought the General Election from the Nandyal (Lok Sabha constituency) in Andhra Pradesh as a Janata Party candidate. He was the only non-Congress candidate to be elected from Andhra Pradesh. The Congress Party led by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was defeated, ending 30 years of Congress rule in India and a five party coalition with Morarji Desai as its leader came to power.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Return to active politics (1975–82)
He was elected to the Madras Legislative Assembly in 1946 as a Congress party representative. Reddy became the deputy chief minister of Andhra State in 1953 and the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in 1956. He was a union cabinet minister under Prime Ministers Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi from 1964 to 1967 and Lok Sabha Speaker from 1967 to 1969. He later retired from active politics but returned in 1975, responding to Jayaprakash Narayan's call for "Total Revolution" against the Indira Gandhi Government. Elected to Parliament in 1977 as a candidate of the Janata Party, Reddy was unanimously elected Speaker of the Sixth Lok Sabha and three months later was elected unopposed as President of India.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Introduction
Elected to the Madras Legislative Assembly in 1946 as a Congress representative, Reddy became secretary of the Congress' legislature party. He was also a Member of the Indian Constituent Assembly from Madras. From April 1949 to April 1951, he was the Minister for Prohibition, Housing and Forests of the Madras State. Reddy lost the 1951 election to the Madras Legislative Assembly to the Communist leader Tarimela Nagi Reddy.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Political career
Inspired by Acharya Narendra Dev, Jaiprakash Narayan and Ram Manohar Lohia, Reddy became a part of the Socialist Movement. He was a participant in Vinobha Bhave's Bhoodan Movement. Staying out the Congress fold, he was variously associated with the Socialist Party, the Janata Party and the Lok Dal. As a nominee of the Janata Party he was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1978. In 1983 he joined the Telugu Desam Party and was re-elected to the Rajya Sabha as its nominee in 1984.
B. Satya Narayan Reddy | Political career
He was closely associated with Mahatma Gandhi and served as his secretary, when in Yerwada prison in 1932. After independence, he left Congress in 1947 and with some other ex-congressman joined the Peasants and Workers Party of India, of which he was one of founder member. In 1961 he again joined Congress with his other PWP colleagues like Keshavrao Jedhe, Shankarrao More. He was given ticket and was elected as a member of 3rd Lok Sabha from Nanded from 1962–67 and as a member of the 4th Lok Sabha from Baramati as a Congress candidate. He was at times vocal opponent of Yashwantrao Chavan in many matters of policies and decisions for which in 1971 elections he was denied election ticket.
Tulsidas Jadhav | Political life
In the final tally, Giri had votes against the quota of votes required to be elected president and Reddy had votes. The election led to much discord within the Congress Party and culminated in the historic split of 1969 and the subsequent rise of Indira Gandhi in Indian politics. Subsequently, Reddy, who had resigned as Speaker of the Lok Sabha to contest the election, retired from active politics and moved back to Anantapur where he took to farming.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Presidential election of 1969
M. Seervai. The faction of the Janata Party supporting Desai continued to have the support of 205 MPs as opposed to Charan Singh's 80 MPs. Reddy used presidential discretion in choosing Charan Singh as the next Prime Minister over a contending claim from Jagjivan Ram, the leader of the Janata Party.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Morarji Desai government (1977–79)
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (19 May 1913 – 1 June 1996) was the sixth President of India, serving from 1977 to 1982. Beginning a long political career with the Indian National Congress Party in the Indian independence movement, he went on to hold several key offices in independent India—as the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, a two-time Speaker of the Lok Sabha and a Union Minister—before becoming the youngest-ever Indian president. Born in present-day Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, Reddy completed his schooling at Adayar and joined the Government Arts College at Anantapur. He quit to become an Indian independence activist and was jailed for participating in the Quit India Movement.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Introduction
Reddy was unanimously elected Speaker of the Sixth Lok Sabha on 26 March 1977. However he resigned a few months later to contest in the presidential elections of July 1977. Reddy's second term as Speaker lasted three months and 17 days and remains till date the shortest tenure for anyone to have held that post.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Return to active politics (1975–82)
Lakshmi Narasimha Reddy. In the 2009 assembly elections, when Telangana Rashtra Samithi made an alliance with Telugu Desam Party, he opposed it and joined the Indian National Congress to show his hostility against Chandrababu Naidu. He played a very crucial role in helping Ponnala Laxmiah from Congress Party to win 2009 Assembly Elections in the New Jangaon Merger Cherial constituency.
Nimma Raja Reddy | Political Life
During 1989, he established himself in national politics, forming a coalition of non-Congress parties opposed to the Congress known as the National Front. It included parties, besides the TDP, such as the Janata Dal, the DMK, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Indian Congress (Socialist). This alliance governed India between 1989 and 1990 with support from the Left Front and the BJP. Meanwhile, NTR assumed the position as the Leader of Opposition in the state. His National Front government at the centre led by V. P. Singh was at the forefront of social justice by implementing the provisions in the "Mandal Commission" for providing 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC's).
N. T. Rama Rao | National politics, 1989
He held District and state level positions at Communist Party of India. He worked as secretary of Communist Party of India, ramannapeta taluk, and as district president of Raithu Sangam and also as State president of Akhila Bharatha Raithu Sangam of Andrapradesh.
Gurram Yadagiri Reddy | Political Career
Reddy was elected to the Madras Legislative Assembly as a Communist Party of India candidate in 1951 from Anantaptur. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Anantapur in 1957. In 1962 he was elected to the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly as a Communist Party of India candidate from Puttur. In 1967 he was again elected to the assembly, now as a Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) candidate from Anantapur. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy, a two-time Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and the sixth President of India, was Nagi Reddy's brother-in-law. In 1968, T.N. Reddy broke with the CPI(M) and formed the Andhra Pradesh Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries (APCCCR).
T. Nagi Reddy | Introduction
Vice-President, District Congress Committee (I) Nellore, Andhra Pradesh; Vice-President, District Kisan Congress, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh; President, Seenaiah Sena Harijan Wing, Andhra Pradesh Congress (I); Member, Scheduled Castes Federation;
Puchalapalli Penchalaiah | Previous association with political parties
The Parliament mourned Reddy's death on 11 June 1996 and members cutting across party lines paid him tribute and recalled his contributions to the nation and the House. Reddy authored a book, "Without Fear or Favour: Reminiscences and Reflections of a President", published in 1989. The character Mahendranath, Chief Minister of the fictional state of Afrozabad in former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao's novel, "The Insider", is based on Reddy, portraying his career in Andhra Pradesh and his political rivalry with Kasu Brahmananda Reddy.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Later life and death
He is attracted to politics during his college days and he was influenced by the then socialist leaders Late. Sri Muduganti Ramgopal Reddy, Late. Sri. G. Rajaram and BR Ganga Reddy of Nizamabad district. He was elected as General Secretary in 1964–65 and as President in 1966–67 of Giriraj Government College, Nizamabad. Later he was elected as Grampanchayath Member of Muchkur village in 1970. He was appointed as district youth congress President Nizamabad in 1971. Elected as General Secretary for Nizamabad Beedi Mazdur Sangh, Nizamabad. He worked as State Council Member, Andhra Pradesh Youth Congress Committee in 1975. he joined YSR congress party.
Sanigaram Santosh Reddy | Entry into politics
Reddy joined the Indian struggle for independence from the British Raj following Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Anantapur in July 1929 and dropped out of college in 1931. He was closely associated with the Youth League and participated in a student satyagraha. In 1938, Reddy was elected Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Provincial Congress Committee, an office he held for ten years. During the Quit India Movement, he was imprisoned and was mostly in jail between 1940 and 1945. Released in March 1942, he was arrested again in August and sent to the Amraoti jail where he served time with activists T Prakasam, S.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Role in the Indian independence movement
In 1969, following President Zakir Hussain's death, the Congress party nominated Reddy, a member of its Syndicate faction, as candidate for president although Prime Minister Indira Gandhi opposed him. She was forced to accept Reddy as the Congress party's official candidate and feared his election would allow the Syndicate to expel her from office. She asked Congress legislators to "vote according to their conscience" rather than blindly toe the Party line, in effect giving a call to support the independent candidate V V Giri. In a closely fought election held on 16 August 1969, V V Giri emerged victorious, winning 48.01 per cent of the first preference votes and subsequently getting a majority on counting the second preference votes.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Presidential election of 1969
C. Madhava Reddy is the first elected M.P from Adilabad constituency. He also was a member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1962. Reddy got re-elected as M.P in the 8th Lok Sabha of India. During his entire political career, Reddy has associated with several political parties; viz Socialist Party, Praja Socialist Party, Indian National Congress, Janata Party and is currently a member of the Telugu Desam Party.
C. Madhava Reddy | Political career
As president, Reddy worked with Prime Ministers Morarji Desai, Charan Singh and Indira Gandhi. Reddy was succeeded by Giani Zail Singh in 1982 and he retired to his farm in Anantapur. He died in 1996 and his "samadhi" is at Kalpally Burial Ground, Bangalore. In 2013, the Government of Andhra Pradesh commemorated Reddy's birth centenary.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Introduction
Kamal Nath is a member of the INC (Indian National Congress) political party and served as general secretary from 2001 to 2004. Nath has close ties with the Nehru–Gandhi family, being young friends and schoolmates with Sanjay at the Doon School, an independent boarding school located in Dehradun.
Kamal Nath | Political associations
For the 1987 general election, the NFP–Labour Coalition chose him as a candidate for the South Western Indian National Constituency which he won easily, but was a member of Parliament for a month when the military coup of 1987 prematurely ended his political career.
Nitya Nand Reddy | Introduction
Congress (O) veteran and Janata candidate Neelam Sanjiva Reddy won the presidential election to become the 6th President of India on 25 July 1977. The results of its election defeat considerably weakened and diminished the Congress (R). Significant numbers of Congress (R) MPs and activists condemned Indira's leadership and left the party. As a result, MPs still loyal to Indira Gandhi renamed their party to Congress (I) – "I" standing for Indira. Although no longer an MP, Indira Gandhi continued as the president of Congress (I), which remained the largest opposition party.
Janata Party | Government formation
Those attempts were unsuccessful and in the 2004 from narsaroapet parliamentary constituency and in 2009 elections from nellore parliamentary constituency as INC candidate, winning on both occasions. Reddy then became a member of the YSR Congress and was re-elected to the 15th Lok Sabha in a by-election.. He was elected as Leader in Lok Sabha from YSRCP Party.
Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy | Introduction
Reddy started his career as a trade union leader in 1967. He represented many industrial trade unions before entering mainstream politics. He represented labour unions of Hyderabad Alwin, Kesavram Cements, NTPC and Vizag Steel factory. He was also the President for Associated Glass Industries Workers Union, A.P. Electrical Equipment Corporation Employees Union, A.P. Agro Industries Employees Union and Krishi Engines. Reddy was first elected to Andhra Pradesh assembly in 1978 and four more times (1985, 1989, 1994 and 2004) from Khairatabad constituency in Hyderabad, which is one of the most populous constituencies in the state. He lost only once to Telugu Desam rivals in 1999 Assembly elections.
P. Janardhan Reddy | Political career
After the 1998 elections, he merged his JTP with Indian National Congress. In the 1999 elections to the AP assembly, Reddy was elected on a Congress ticket. Reddy died in a car accident in 2000.
Jai Telangana Party | Introduction
He was elected to Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1952 and was Leader of Opposition in the Assembly until 1962.The parties he was affiliated with included CSP,1934–48, Socialist Party, 1948–52, Praja Socialist Party,1952–1955. Socialist Party,1956–64.Samyukta Socialist Party,1964–72.Socialist Party, 1971–72, Socialist Party (Lohia) 1972–74, Bhartiya Lok Dal, 1974–77. Janata Party, 1977–79, Janata Party (Secular), 1979–80. Democratic Socialist Party, 1981–83. Janata Party, 1983–84, and Socialist Party 1984 till his death in 1986. Party positions he held included, Member National Executive, PSP, 1954–55. Chairman, Socialist Party,1961–64. He was Member of the Rajya Sabha, 1966–72 and 1974–77.
Raj Narain | Career after Independence
Reddy served thrice as President of the Indian National Congress at its Bangalore, Bhavnagar and Patna sessions during 1960 to 1962. At the Congress session at Goa in 1962, Reddy's speech stating India's determination to end the Chinese occupation of Indian territory and the irrevocable nature of the liberation of Goa was enthusiastically received by attendees. He was thrice member of the Rajya Sabha. From June 1964, Reddy was Union Minister of Steel and Mines in the Lal Bahadur Shastri government. He also served as Union Minister of Transport, Civil Aviation, Shipping and Tourism from January 1966 to March 1967 in Indira Gandhi's Cabinet.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Congress President (1960–62) and Union Minister (1964–67)
T. Rajan. Reddy finally quit the party in 1952. In 1952, Reddy contested the First Lok Sabha elections as an independent from Nellore and was successful. He served as a Member of the Lok Sabha from 1952 to 1957.
Bezawada Ramachandra Reddy | In the Legislative Council
During his term as Speaker a defamation suit filed against him by an MP resulted in the Supreme Court's ruling that parliamentarians had complete freedom of speech in the House and that the courts had no say in such matters. Reddy described his role as being the 'watchman of the Parliament'. He however had several hostile encounters with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the House that proved costly when he became, two years later, the Congress Party's nominee to succeed Zakir Hussain as president.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Speaker of the Lok Sabha (1967–69)
Reddy was a student leader during his college life and in 1970s he joined the Indian National Congress. He became an MLA of Kalwakurthy in Andhra Pradesh. Reddy was an MLA of Kalwakurthy between 1969 and 1984, a constituency in Andhra Pradesh for four terms. He quit his membership of the Congress Party to protest against the emergency and joined the Janata Party in 1977 and later on its splinter Janata Dal. He was the general secretary of the Janata Party from 1985 to 1988. He was elected to the 8th Lok Sabha in 1984 from Mahbubnagar lok sabha. He joined back the Congress Party in 1999 and was elected to the 14th in 2004 from Miryalaguda constituency and the 15th in 2009 from Chavella.
Jaipal Reddy | Career
Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy (born 11 June 1944) was a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Nellore Loksabha Constituency in Andhra Pradesh and is a member of the YSR Congress. Reddy lost an election contest in 1983 as an Indian National Congress (INC) candidate. In 1985 he was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly as a candidate of the same party, and in 1989 he became an INC member of the Lok Sabha. He stood again for parliament in 1996,1998 as mp candidate from ongole parliamentary constituency, both times as a Telugu Desam Party candidate.
Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy | Introduction
Anantram Jaiswal entered active politics in the 1950s. Although he was a member of the Janata Party, he was previously associated with three other political parties; viz Socialist Party, Samyukta Socialist Party and Bharatiya Lok Dal. Whilst with Samyukta Socialist Party, he became a member Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for two terms and was also Leader of Samyukta Socialist Party in the Assembly from 1969 to 1974. Jaiswal joined the Janata Party in the mid 1970s. Jaiswal held several key posts and was also a Minister & Deputy Minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
Anantram Jaiswal | Political career
There was a big communist wave sweeping across the Telugu land and political stalwarts such as Kasu Bramhananda Reddy, Kalluri Chandramouli, Kakani Venkatratnam, Yarlagadda Sivaram Prasad, Bezwada Gopal Reddy and Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy all lost this election. Out of 17 seats in the combined Guntur and Prakasam district, the Congress party could only win 4 seats, with the Communists and Socialists winning the remaining 13. But Mr Alapati won his seat with a majority of over 8,000 votes, leading to the popular moniker of the 'Iron Man' in Guntur District. His seniors both in age and politically were Mr Kala Venkata Rao, Mr Mantena Venkat Raju, Mr Kalluri Chandramouli and his guide, mentor and best friend Mr Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy.
Alapati Venkataramaiah | Early career
District Secretary, Congress Socialist Party (SP), 1946. Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Socialist Party (SP), 1948–51. Convener, ‘Janvani Diwas’ of Socialist Party in Delhi, on 9 June 1951. Member National Executive, PSP, 1954–55.
Raj Narain | Political Associations of Raj Narain
Reddy joined active politics in 1978 and won the Pulivendula constituency same year and became Minister of State for Rural Development (1980–82), and later shifted to Excise Minister (1982) and Education Minister (1982–83). He continued to retain the same constituency in 1983 and 1985, even when Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao swept the power and the party fared badly in the latter, which saw Indira Gandhi making him State president of the party. He even continued the winning streak for Kadapa constituency for four terms in 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Lok Sabha. His return to state politics saw him winning 1999 Assembly elections from same Pulivendula constituency during which he served as Leader of Opposition in Andhra Pradesh State Assembly (1999–2004), but his subsequent winning in 2004 Assembly elections saw him sworn in as 14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh serving full-term.
Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy | Political career
Before becoming politically active, he worked in an liquor company and then switched to Bhopal Textiles Mill. Gaur was associated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh since 1946. Gaur started his political career as a trade union leader, and participated in several movements for labour rights of the workers. He led protests after joining the Indian National Congress-backed Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC). He later joined the RSS-backed union Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) as one of its founder member. He participated in several programs organised by Sangh in Delhi, Punjab and other states. He became the Secretary of Jan Sangh in 1956.
Babulal Gaur | Early politics
Later, he joined the Congress and has remained in it for 25 years. He lost the 1983 elections and won the 1985, 1989 and 1999 elections. He lost in 1994 to the TDP candidate. During his Congress period he served as Home Minister in Shri Kotla Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy's cabinet and as a Transport Minister in Shri Nedurumalli Janardhan Reddy's cabinet. He quit Congress party and joined Telugu Desam Party. Later TDP sent him to Rajya Sabha as a Member of the Parliament. After joining TDP he lost parliament Loksabha elections three times. He now joined Telugu Desham Party. His complaint as TDP MP to the Indian Defense minister A.K.Anthony ordered a probe on the murkiness of multi-billion French Rafale aircraft deal.
M. V. Mysura Reddy | Introduction
He was a member of the Communist Party of India which led the peasant struggle that is famous as the Telangana Rebellion. The rebellion was led under the banner of Andhra Mahasabha by the Communist Party of India. He was elected thrice to the Lok Sabha from Miryalguda and twice to the Assembly from Suryapet and Tungaturthy in Nalgonda district on the CPI (M) ticket. He, however, quit the CPI (M) in 1998 following differences and floated his own Marxist outfit that was later merged with the Marxist Communist Party of India (MCPI). His long political career spanned six decades.
Bhimreddy Narasimha Reddy | Career
During 2017, he undertook a political movement by name Save Nellore, questioning the loans acquired by Nellore Municipal Corporation from Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO). Later in 2018, he joined in Jana Sena Party inspired by Pawan Kalyan, President of the party and contested as MLA Candidate of Nellore city competing with the present Minister of Irrigation, then sitting MLA Anil Kumar Poluboina of YSR Congress Party and corporate colleges giant, then Sate Minister of Municipal Administration Ponguru Narayana of Telugu Desam Party.
Kethamreddy Vinod Reddy | Political career
His relations with Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia changed the course of Indian politics. Once he invited Lohia in BJS "karaykarta sammelan" where he met Upadhyaya for the first time and this association brought the BJS closer to other socialist parties in exposing the Congress and its misrule. Lohia and Deshmukh's association led to the first non-Congress coalition government in Uttar Pradesh after the 1967 state assembly election Desmukh actively participated in Bhoodan Movement started by Vinoba Bhave.
Nanaji Deshmukh | Political life
Gongalla Sanjeeva Reddy a politician and artists from Indian National Congress party is an Ex-Member of the Parliament of India represented Andhra Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.
G. Sanjeeva Reddy | Introduction
He was a prominent Dalit face of MP Congress. Labour and Parliamentary Affairs minister in Rajiv Gandhi ministry, Member of Parliament for consecutive 18 years, Chairman of Parliament Housing Committee, President of Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee for two terms, President of All India Harijan Sewak Sangh New Delhi which was formed by Mahatma Gandhi, MLA from Sanwer constituency and President of Indore District Congress Committee for 14 years.
Radhakishan Malviya | Political career
First he was from Bharatiya Janata Party later join the Indian National Congress.
Vadnal Rajanna | Political party
In 1983, he contested from Penukonda won as MLA by defeating Gangula Narayana Reddy. Later in 1985 he contested from Telugu Desam party and won by defeating G Veeranna of the Congress Party. This time he became Minister in N. T. Rama Rao's government. He served as minister for Industry and Ports and Chairman of Backward Classes Welfare Committee. But he lost to S Chenna Reddy in the 1989 elections. In 1996 he won as MP from Hindupur (Lok Sabha constituency) by defeating S. Gangadhar, with a 172,422 vote majority. In 1998 he was defeated by S. Gangadhar.
S. Ramachandra Reddy | Political life
Nandyala Srinivasa Reddy was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly from Nakrekal Constituency during the 1962 General Elections. He played a key role in the CPI(M) party activities during his active years as the member of the district and state committees. NSR was part of the special screening committee established by the Government of India to examine and approve the pension applications of freedom fighters who participated in the Telangana Armed Struggle.
Nandyala Srinivasa Reddy | Political life
Balaji entered politics and was one of the founding members of the Madras Mahajana Sabha. He represented Tanjore at the first session of the Indian National Congress along with S. A. Swaminatha Iyer. Balaji Rao established the Chingleput Ryots Relief Fund for the benefit of the "ryots" of Chingleput district.
R. Balaji Rao | Politics
Jana Reddy resigned from the Telugu Desam Party after differing with N.T.Rama Rao on expelling 30 cabinet ministers in 1988 and founded a political party - Telugumahanadu which eventually merged with Congress on call given by then AICC president Shri Late Rajiv Gandhi ji. He played an active role in reviving the Congress Party specifically in the Telangana Region to fight the then ruling Telugu Desam Party which lost the elections in 2004 to the Congress Party. Jana Reddy was sworn in as the Minister for Home Affairs in the 2004 AP Cabinet for his progressive contribution to the Congress Party.
Kunduru Jana Reddy | Early life and politics
The party was named after the Polish trade union. To be able to lead the party, Reddy relinquished some of his business interests. Another important party member was Pat Poovalingam, the chairman of weekly newspaper "The Graphic". Solidarity appealed more to South Africans with Southern Indian roots, while Amichand Rajbansi's National People's Party appealed more to those with a North Indian heritage. The election of 1984 was marked by boycotts, as many Coloured and Indian South Africans saw the tricameral system as a means to entrench Apartheid. This resistance was led by the United Democratic Front. Despite having been formed less than a year before the election, Solidarity contested all 40 constituencies in the House of Delegates.
JN Reddy (politician) | Political career
Sudini Jaipal Reddy (16 January 1942 – 28 July 2019) was an Indian politician who was the Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha of India for five terms. He represented the Chevella constituency of Telangana and was a member of the Indian National Congress. He served as a Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting in the I. K. Gujral cabinet in 1998. In 1999 he returned to Indian National Congress after 21 years. In 2004 he was re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha from Miryalaguda Lok Sabha Constituency and then he served as a Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Union Minister for Urban Development in the United Progressive Alliance-1.
Jaipal Reddy | Introduction
He resisted the Razakar movement and was a member of the Peoples Democratic Front, elected to the 1st Lok Sabha from Hyderabad constituency in 1952. He defeated the famous poet Kaloji Narayan Rao of Indian National Congress, by almost 4000 votes in this election.
Pendyal Raghava Rao | Introduction
He remained in the Janta Dal and was a staunch supporter of Ramakrishna Hegde. When Ramakrishna Hegde floated the Rashtreeya Nava Nirmana Vedike, Ramesh Jigajinagi was among the earliest sitting MLAs to support him and join the new party by resigning his ministership. Later, he joined Lok Shakti, a party formed by Ramakrishna Hegde and rejoined Janata Dal United after the merger of Lok Shakti with the former. After the death of his mentor, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Ramesh Jigajinagi | Political career
He briefly dabbled into politics by unsuccessfully contesting the Lok Sabha elections for the Indian National Congress from Rajapur in 1998. He got 1,52,724 votes against Suresh Prabhu of Shiv Sena who won with 2,17,766 votes. He later was associated with the Nationalist Congress Party. He remained president of Marathi theatre artiste organization, Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Natya Parishad.
Macchindra Kambli | Politics and career
Reddy and her husband, Ramachandra Reddy, established a medical practice in Saudi Arabia. In 1985, upon the request of Rajiv Gandhi, the couple returned to India so that Geeta could work on behalf of the Indian National Congress party. She contested elections for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1989 and became MLA for Gajwel in Medak district. She won that constituency again in 2004. In the 2009 elections, Reddy was parachuted into the Zahirabad constituency, which had elected INC candidates in every election bar one since 1957. Converted to a seat reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes, the constituency had been held for a decade by the INC's Mohammed Fareeduddin, who commanded much local respect but was forced by this decision to contest the election elsewhere and lost.
J. Geeta Reddy | Political career
Reddy was a born on 17 June 1930 in the village of Malchalma, Medak District in India. Born into an agriculture based family, he completed his secondary education in Bidar (Karnataka) and went on to complete his B.A. L.L.B from Osmania University in Hyderabad. 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.
Mogaligundla Baga Reddy | Early life and political career
Reddy was succeeded as president by Giani Zail Singh, who was sworn in on 25 July 1982. In his farewell address to the nation, Reddy criticised the failure of successive governments in improving the lives of the Indian masses and called for the emergence of a strong political opposition to prevent governmental misrule. Following his presidential term, the then Chief Minister of Karnataka Ramakrishna Hegde invited Reddy to settle down in Bangalore but he chose to retire to his farm in Anantapur. He died of pneumonia in Bangalore in 1996 at the age of 83. His "samadhi" is at Kalpally Burial Ground, Bangalore.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Later life and death
Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah was an Indian politician. He was the Governor of Bihar from 15 March 1985 to 25 February 1988 and the Governor of Karnataka, India from 26 February 1988 to 5 February 1990. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Nandyal (Lok Sabha constituency) six times and was the Union Minister of State for Home and Parliamentary Affairs in both Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi cabinet. P.V. Narasimha Rao was an Indian lawyer, politician, and activist who served as the ninth Prime Minister of India (1991–1996), registered his record-breaking victory in 1992 from Nandyal (Lok Sabha constituency). Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, the sixth President of India, serving from 1977 to 1982, and the only person to be elected President of India unopposed, fought the Lok Sabha election from Nandyal constituency as a Janata Party candidate.
Nandyal | Politics
His last position in government was as Deputy Prime Minister of India in the Janata Party government of 1977–1979, Disillusioned with the Janata party he formed his own party, the Congress (J). He remained a member of Parliament till his death in 1986, after over forty years as a parliamentarian. He was elected from Sasaram parliament constituency in Bihar. His uninterrupted representation in the Parliament from 1936 to 1986 is a world record.
Jagjivan Ram | Parliamentary career
He was vice-president of the Students Federation of India (SFI), which is politically linked to the Communist Party of India (Marxist), at the time of its formation in 1970 in Thiruvananthapuram.
N. Ram | Early life and education
While practicing law at Koilkuntla he was inclined to enter into active politics, though in the initial stages he did not succeed. In 1975, he contested as Samithi president and was defeated. The next year he contested to Koilkuntla assembly constituency as an independent candidate. Though he was defeated by M. V. Subbareddy he gained wide exposure to the people of the constituency. In the 1983 general elections, he and his close friend G. V. Kondareddy were offered the ticket of the newly formed Telugu Desam Party. But both of them did not show any interest due to local politics.
Karra Subba Reddy | Politics
Rao joined politics after Indian independence. Rao held the position of MLA in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for three terms before becoming a Member of Parliament in the 6th Lok Sabha of India. He was a member of the Bharatiya Lok Dal political party.
Raje Vishveshvar Rao | Political career
He is member of Bharatiya Janata Party and was Member of Parliament in 8th Lok Sabha from Hanamkonda, Andhra Pradesh in 1984. He was also member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1967-72, 1978–83 and 1983-84. In 1984, the Bharatiya Janata Party won just two of the 543 Parliament constituencies, one was won by Chendupatla Janga Reddy at Hanamkonda of the then undivided Andhra Pradesh and the other at Mehsana, Gujarat by AK Patel. The former chief minister, a key leader of the Congress and the country's economic reforms, which started on the 54-thousand-odd votes won by the former Prime Minister of India P.
Chendupatla Janga Reddy | Political career
Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has formed a new party after resigning from congress named Y. S. R Congress party which was the main opposition from 2014–2019. During this period JanaSena the party of Pawan Kalyan cut ties with TDP due to conflict on special status of Andhra Pradesh which was one of the commitments during the states bifurcation in 2014. Also TDP cut ties with BJP in 2019 for the same reason.
Elections in Andhra Pradesh | History of political parties
Reddy entered politics when he was appointed to the Senate, in 1972, by the then leader of the opposition, Sidiq Koya. In 1976 he was instrumental in bringing the two factions of the party together. Reddy replaced Sidiq Koya as leader of the NFP in September 1977, following major internal strife which had resulted in the party's missing out on forming the government despite its narrow victory in the election of March 1977, and its subsequent crushing defeat in a second election held to resolve the political stalemate in September. Under his leadership, the NFP made substantial gains in the election of 1982, but fell short of ousting the longtime Prime Minister Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, and was subsequently deposed as party leader in favour of Koya in 1983.
Jai Ram Reddy | Political career
Nagi Reddy began his political career in 1984, when he was elected president of the Rudravaram Cooperative Society. From 1986 to 1990, he was a mandal president in Allagadda MPP. Nagi Reddy stood as an MLA candidate for the opposition Telugu Desam Party in the 1991 by-election for the Allagadda constituency left vacant by the death of his brother Bhuma Sekhar Reddy, who died of a heart attack on 7 June. In 1996, he challenged Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao for the TDP. Although Nagi Reddy was narrowly defeated, he gained many supporters and considerable publicity. Narasimha Rao resigned the Nandyal seat to retain the Berhampur constituency, leading to a by-election.
Bhuma Nagi Reddy | Politics
Prabhakaran was associated with Leftist cultural and political organisations in early years. He was the first "Kannur" district secretary of "Balasangam", one of the largest children organisations in India. He was the chairman candidate of "Students' Federation of India" (SFI) at Brennen College in 1974. Prabhakaran was also associated with the launching of Student magazine of SFI. During the period of "The Emergency (India)" Prabhakaran was part of the outfit Students for Human Rights. At present he is associated with All India Forum Right to Education. The writer dissociates from political affiliations of late.
N. Prabhakaran | Politics
He was closely associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Sangh Parivar since his childhood. Also, he was an active member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad during his college days. He participated in the movement against the Kambadakada dam project in Kodagu proposed by the government in the 1970s. He was arrested during the Emergency in Bangalore and imprisoned along with thousands of other opposition activists. He was appointed as General Secretary of the Kodagu district unit of the BJP and elevated as its president in the 1990s. In 2004, he was elected as a MLA from Madikeri constituency as a BJP candidate.
K. G. Bopaiah | Political career
He ran as a Janata Party candidate, but used Sonia Gandhi's posters and the Congress's manifesto, claiming that, ideologically, he was inseparable from the Congress and, too, that Sonia Gandhi was the best hope for India. He was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly with a majority of over five thousand votes. Within the House, he was elected to the Floor Leadership of the Janata Party; his expulsion from Congress was eventually annulled and he was in 2004 made an "associate member" of its legislative wing. Among the non-ministerial members, Komireddi's perhaps is the most enviable position within the House: he enjoys virtually all the benefits of being a Congress member, including invitations to the Congress Legislative Party's meetings where he is known to air his views volubly, while retaining the enviable independence of a Floor Leader.
Ramlu Komireddi | Politics: 1970s — present
Reddy began his political career with BJP and unsuccessfully contested from Nandyal Loksabha constituency in 1991 elections. In 1999 Assembly elections he contested from both Nandyal and Giddalur assembly constituencies as an independent candidate and lost both seats. In 2000, he procured the ticket for municipal chairman candidacy for congress and won with record majority. In 2004 he contested as an MP candidate from Nandyal and won with 1 lakh majority. In 2009, he once again won from the same constituency. In 2014, he won for the third time as MP from Nandyal. He won the 2014 elections on a YSRCP ticket and later defected to TDP.In 2019, he left TDP as it denied a ticket to him and joined Janasena party and fought the election on its ticket.
S. P. Y. Reddy | Biography
In the 1952 Indian general election, Reddy stood for the People's Democratic Front, (a pseudonym for the banned Communist Party of India), and polled more votes than Jawaharlal Nehru and also the first one entering in the parliament in independent India. In 1984, a protest over water supplies at Bhuvanagiri, led by Reddy under the auspices of the "Jalasadhana Samithi", led to the filing of 485 nominations for the Nalgonda parliamentary seat, requiring officials to produce the election's longest ballot paper. An auditorium, the "Raavi Narayana Reddy Memorial Auditorium Complex" at Banjara Hills in Hyderabad, was built and named in his memory by the "Telangana Martyrs' Memorial Trust".
Ravi Narayana Reddy | Post 1947
Thatiparthi Jeevan Reddy is a senior politician in Telangana State and is a member of the Indian National Congress.He is Member of Legislative Council from Karimnagar Assembly constituency. He was first elected as Panchayat Samithi President of Mallial in 1981 in a non-party based elections, which is equivalent to today's Legislative Constituency. He was elected as M.L.A for the first time from T.D.P in the year 1983 and was inducted in the State Cabinet with an Excise Minister portfolio. He later differed with N.T.R and joined the Congress Party under the leadership of late Sree Rajeev Gandhi in the year 1984.
T. Jeevan Reddy | Introduction
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was elected on 21 July 1977 and was sworn in as the sixth President of India on 25 July 1977. Reddy worked with three governments, with Prime Ministers Morarji Desai, Charan Singh and Indira Gandhi. Reddy announced, on the eve of India's thirtieth anniversary of Independence, that he would be moving out of the Rashtrapati Bhawan to a smaller accommodation and that he would be taking a 70 percent pay cut in solidarity with India's impoverished masses.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | President of India
In 1999, after Chandrababu Naidu's coup on N. T. Rama Rao, Naidu declined an assembly ticket to Nimma Raja Reddy for not supporting the coup and for backing the founder of the party N. T. Rama Rao. From then on until the end of Cherial constituency merger with Jangaon constituency, no leader representing Telugu Desam Party won Cherial constituency. Nimma Raja Reddy's opposition to Chandrababu Naidu proved very costly for the Telugu Desam Party in Cherial constituency. He also strongly supported the Telangana movement, and then also supported the Telangana Rashtra Samithi party after its foundation. In April 2004, Naidu expelled him from the party along with three other senior members, Dharoor Pullaiah and C.
Nimma Raja Reddy | Political Life
Sinha entered active politics in early 1930s. He joined Congress party but soon moved to Socialist Party (India) followed by Congress Socialist Party. By 1951, Sinha was back with Congress party. He held several key party and parliamentary positions in the coming years. Sinha was Member of Parliament, twice from the same constituency. Sinha convened several conferences; viz "Northern India Freedom Fighters Conference", "National Conference on Freedom Fighters", "Socialism", "Democracy", "Non-alignment and National Integration" etc.
Ram Krishna Sinha | Post independence
The Nagarjuna Sagar and Srisailam multipurpose river valley projects were initiated during his tenure. The Government of Andhra Pradesh later renamed the Srisailam project to Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Sagar in his honour. The Congress governments under Reddy placed emphasis on rural development, agriculture and allied sectors. The shift towards industrialisation remained limited and was largely driven by the central government's investments in large public sector enterprises in the state. Reddy's first term as Chief Minister ended in 1960 after he resigned on being elected President of the Indian National Congress. In 1964, he resigned voluntarily following unfavourable observations made against the Government of Andhra Pradesh by the Supreme Court in the Bus Routes Nationalisation case.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (1956–60, 1962–64)
Reddy was the third elected M.P from Adilabad constituency. This was his only term in the Lok Sabha of India.
G. Narayan Reddy | Political career
Naidu joined politics after a successful career in teaching. He joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) where he enjoyed the support of its founder member, N.T. Rama Rao, who founded the party in 1983. He was elected five times to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for the TDP from the Puttur constituency. After some differences with the TDP, he left to join the Indian National Congress party, where he contested a ticket and won the election in 2004. He subsequently resigned from the congress and rejoined the TDP in 2008; he was then re-elected to his sixth (and final) term to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2009, this time for the Nagari constituency.
Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu | Political career
During The Emergency (India) 1975-77, imposed by Indira Gandhi, he was imprisoned and lodged in the Bengaluru Central Jail. He was lodged along with A B Vajapayee, L K Advani, Madhu Dandavate etc. in Bengaluru prison. He is recognised with Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka.
Rama Jois | Political affiliation
NSR was elected as the President of Andhra University Hostel's literary Association on students' congress ticket in 1955. He was the vice-president of Andhra University Students Congress and a member of the state Executive of the student’s congress. NSR joined active politics in 1962. He was the President of Kota Panchayat Samiti for 10 years (1962-72). He was elected to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly as an independent candidate from Gudur constituency in 1972, and led Socialist democratic front on the floor of assembly till 1977. Just before Lok Sabha elections he was admitted into Congress. He has created record in the history of Assembly by never absenting even a single sitting since he was elected from 1972.
Srinivasulu Reddy Nallapareddy | Political career
In 1988, he hosted a reception at Prattipadu for the late Rajiv Gandhi, then Prime Minister. He was elected as an MLA and also held a Ministerial berth. He lost for the first time as an MLA in 1994 and did not contest again from Prattipadu constituency. He later associated himself with Kapunadu and later with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). While working with BJP, he played a key role in the election of Krishnam Raju from Kakinada.
Mudragada Padmanabham | Career
He was originally from the Indian National Congress. Later he joined Janata Dal - United.Then he went back to Congress and was elected MLA from Nanjangud in 2013. He then changed his party again and officially joined BJP on 24 December 2016. This necessitated a bye-poll in Nanjangud which he lost to the Congress candidate in 2017.
Srinivasa Prasad | Political party
During this period, he also developed political connections, and was known to be close to Chief Ministers N. Chandrababu Naidu and Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy. Subsequently, he developed a close friendship with Jaganmohan Reddy and served on the board of Sakshi and some other of Jagan's firms.
Nimmagadda Prasad | Political connections
Yadagiri Reddy, having got attracted to the communist party ideology during his school days, joined in Communist Party of India. After India attained independence in 1947, the Communist Party of India party led armed struggles against a series of local monarchs that were reluctant to give up their power particularly in Telangana, Tripura, and Kerala. Yadagiri Reddy was an active member in rebellion that took place in Telangana, against the Nizam of Hyderabad. As an active member of Communist Party of India, he led several processions on behalf of farmers from Nalgonda district on foot. In Telangana Armed Rebellion, he worked with suddala hanumanthu ,dharmabhiksam, mallu swarajyam and bhimreddy narasimhareddy and other strong communist pioneers of that times.
Gurram Yadagiri Reddy | Political Career
He started his political career in the year 2009 by quitting his designation as 'Civil Servant' from Indian Railways and joined in the politics. He was opted by Congress Party Leader and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Dr. Y.S. Raja Sekhar Reddy to be Member of Legislative Assembly for Yerragondapalem Constituency for the term 2009 general elections. He won as 'Member of Legislative Assembly' in the first attempt itself and did many development works in the constituency for the welfare of the people. Later, he was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly for the Santhanuthalapadu Constituency.
Adimulapu Suresh | Political career
The party campaigned on a platform of repealing discriminatory legislation in the economic field and "peaceful change towards a just and democratic society with safeguards for minorities".
JN Reddy (politician) | Political career
Moving into Bharatiya Janata Party from erstwhile Jana Sangh, he went on to serve as State Unit President for Andhra Pradesh for two consecutive terms (1993-2001) and as Party National Vice President (2002 - 2007). He also served as a senate member of Osmania University.
V. Rama Rao | Political life
Ponnapati Antony Reddy (1 December 1908 – c. 1985) was an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament, from Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh in 1967 and 1971. He was a student of St. John's High School in Bellary and St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli.
Ponnapati Antony Reddi | Introduction
In 1948, he formed Ganamukti Parishad, which was engaged in an armed struggle from 1948–50. In 1950, he along with his followers, joined the Communist Party of India. He became a member of the central committee of the party in 1951. After the party split in 1964, he joined Communist Party of India (Marxist). In 1964, he founded the Tripura Rajya Upajati Ganamukti Parishad, a frontal organization of CPI(M). He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1952, 1957, 1962 and 1971 from Tripura East constituency. In 1978, he was elected for the first time in Tripura Vidhan Sabha from Ramchandraghat constituency and became the Minister for Education in the first Left Front government.
Dasarath Deb | Political career
Reddy joined politics in 2013 on invitation from K. Chandrashekar Rao, President of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Party. Further, he won the Member of Parliament seat from Chevella Lok Sabha constituency in 2014 General Elections by over a margin of 75,000 votes. He resigned from Telangana Rashtra Samithi on 21 November 2018 and joined Indian National Congress on 23 November 2018 in the presence of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.
Konda Vishweshwar Reddy | Political career
K. S. Reddy later joined the Alliance Party while AD. Patel had formed the Federation Party. In the 1966 election, Reddy was given the ticket to the Western cross-voting seat by the Alliance Party. This seat was regarded as safe for the Federation Party because of its large Indian majority, but Reddy surprised everyone by winning the election and was appointed an assistant Minister in the next Alliance Government. After independence, Reddy was rewarded for his loyalty to the Alliance Party by being given a safe seat in the Central Division which he held from 1972 to 1982, except for a brief period between April 1977 to September 1977.
K. S. Reddy | Politician
During the emergency period he left INC and associated in the formation of the Congress For Democracy and became its State President. Subsequently he joined the Janatha Party when CFD merged with the Janatha Party. Later, he became the Parliamentary Party Leader and State Chairman of DSP. When the name of DSP was changed as Lok Dal, he became its Member, National Standing Committee and also State President.
Neelalohithadasan Nadar | Personal life
Singh was active in politics since 1950s. He first became MLA from Nakur in 1962, the same year that another person named Yashpal was elected to Lok Sabha from Kairana. He was initially associated with Indian National Congress and was a member of the Lok Sabha in 1980s, apart from being a Member of Legislative Assembly and Cabinet Minister in State of Uttar Pradesh several times. In early 2000s, Singh joined Bharatiya Janata Party followed by Rashtriya Lok Dal in first week of Jan 2012; only to join Samajwadi Party in another two weeks. He was the Vice President of Samajwadi Party
Yashpal Singh (politician) | Political career
The presidential election of 1977 was necessitated by the death in office of the incumbent Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed. Although Prime Minister Morarji Desai wanted to nominate danseuse Rukmini Devi Arundale for the post, she turned down the offer. Reddy was elected unopposed, the only President to be elected thus, after being unanimously supported by all political parties including the opposition Congress party. At 64, he became the youngest ever person to be elected President of India. He was also the only serious presidential candidate to have contested twice – in 1969 against V V Giri and in 1977. 37 candidates had filed their nominations for the presidency of whom 36 were rejected by the returning officer.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Presidential election of 1977
In his student life at Osmania University, he has actively led the Students Federation of India. Later, he has joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He has been a leading advocate at Nalgonda and Nakrekal judicial courts. He was elected twice as Mandal Parishath President of Nakrekal and elected twice as MLA from Nakrekal constituency in Andhra Pradesh. From 1999 to 2004, he has worked as Floor Leader of CPI(M) in the AP legislative assembly.
Nomula Narsimhaiah | Political career
Arelkar has been associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh since his childhood. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1989.
Rajendra Arlekar | Political career
This was later regrouped as Congress (I) party in 1978. He served as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Andhra Pradesh districts in 1972. He rose to national prominence in 1972 for handling several diverse portfolios, most significantly Home, Defence and Foreign Affairs, in the cabinets of both Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. He serves as Foreign minister from 1980 to 1984 and then from 1988 to 1989. In fact, it is speculated that he was in the running for the post of India's President along with Zail Singh in 1982. Rao very nearly retired from politics in 1991. It was the assassination of the Congress President Rajiv Gandhi that persuaded him to make a comeback.
P. V. Narasimha Rao | Political career
In 1925 he joined Congress party. In 1932 he joined Congress Social Party established by Jayaprakash Narayan. After two years, he became a strong advocate of communism. He teamed up with his brothers and started a publishing house called "Viswa Sahitya Mala" (Garland of world literature). From 1936 to 1984, this house published a series of books to educate people in the philosophy of communism and socialism. These works include 50 translations from English to Telugu in addition to some original works. Between 1940 and 1944 he was jailed for participating in independence struggle along with leaders like Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy and Alluri Sathyam.
Mahidhara Rammohan Rao | Career
He was also a member of the Rajya Sabha on two occasions, 1990–1996 and 1997–1998. He also held the position of leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha for a year from June 1991 to June 1992.He served as the minister for Information and Broadcasting in the government on two occasions: in 1997–1998 under I. K. Gujral and from 2004 under Manmohan Singh with additional responsibility for Culture. He also served as the minister for Urban Development and Petroleum and Natural Gas.
Jaipal Reddy | Career
He competed against Vaddi Ranga Rao, in 1978 election and lost with a minor difference of 1500 votes. He later continued to be in politics under Indian National Congress and participated in many of their event and mainly supported Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga, and also responsible for the marriage of ranga and ratnakumari. his brother in law Melam Suryanarayana , of Perupalem also contested in elections for narsapur constituency in 1985. He made many noted works being in the party and remained closest to all of other members in the party.
Chilamkurthi Veeraswamy | Political life
In 2006, due to the BJP - Janta Dal (Secular) (JDS) coalition government and the efforts of Reddy, B. Sriramulu was made a Cabinet Minister. In 2006, Reddy was made a Member of the Legislative Council to recognize his active role in increasing the BJP presence in Bellary. However, in later years, Reddy fought with Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy, and made allegations, and provided evidence of corruption, resulting in his suspension. However, H. D. Kumaraswamy did not hand over the government to B. S. Yeddyurappa at the required time. The State President of the party at the time, D.
G. Janardhana Reddy | As a politician