Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy
Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy (born 18 July 1965) is an Indian politician who is the current [1][2] Minister of state for Energy of Telangana since from 2019 and Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from Suryapet constituency.[3] He was the Energy minister of Telangana from 2014-2018.[4] He is also a member of TRS party politbureau..
Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy | |
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Energy Minister of Telangana | |
Assumed office from 2019 | |
Constituency | Suryapet, Telangana, India |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
Preceded by | Ramreddy Damodar Reddy |
Personal details | |
Born | Nagaram, Suryapet district | 18 July 1965
Political party | Telangana Rashtra Samithi |
Spouse(s) | Sunita Reddy |
Children | Veman Reddy, Lahari Reddy |
Parents | Ramchandra Reddy (Father) Savithri Devi (died in 2014) (Mother) |
Residence | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
Early life
Born to Ramachandra Reddy and Savithri Devi in Nagaram Village, Arvapally Mandal, Suryapet district, Telangana State, India, he has four siblings. He graduated as a B.A from Sri Venkateshwar Degree College, Suryapet (Osmania University) in 1985. He did his Bachelor of Law from Siddartha Law College, Vijayawada, Nagarjuna University. He Stood as a student leader, activist and emerged as a political leader.He did his
Career
He was a practicing lawyer in Nalgonda district court. He was the 1st BAR Association President of the Nalgonda district.
Politics
He joined Telangana movement in 2001 and was one of the early members in Telangana Rashtra Samithi.[5]
He contested from Huzurnagar constituency in 2009 and later in 2014 General elections from Suryapet Assembly Constituency and won the election. He won the suryapet assembly constituency for the second time in 2018 Telangana assembly elections.
References
- "Election Commission Of India". ECI.
- "Suryapet Assembly Election 2014".
- "KCR to Be Sworn in Telangana State's First CM on June 2". Deccan-Journal. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- "Council of Ministers". telangana.gov.in. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- "Suryapet Assembly Election 2014".
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Preceded by Position Established |
Energy Ministry of Telangana 2014– 2018 |
Incumbent |
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