R. Krishnaiah
Ryaga Krishnaiah (born 13 September 1954), known as R. Krishnaiah, is a leader of Congress and elected as MLA representing for L.B. Nagar constituency in the year 2014. He had been fighting from the last 35 years for the rights of Backward Classes and their upliftment in standard of living through reservations in politics, education, and law. He led the protestations along with agitations and fought not only with government of Andhra Pradesh but also with Central Government of India, private educational institutes managements in Andhra Pradesh either through strikes, processions, protestations, boycotting the colleges, hunger strikes, fast-unto-death protests and legally in state level High Courts and Supreme Court of India. He also fought for social justice, reservations in schools and colleges along with scholarships for poor students to pursue education in junior, degree and university colleges. He also fought with success for the reservations in village and mandal level elections for backward classes.
R. Krishnaiah | |
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| Ex-MLA | |
| Constituency | L.B Nagar |
| (Telangana Legislative Assembly) | |
| In office 2014-2018 | |
| Preceded by | Devireddy Sudheer Reddy |
| Succeeded by | Devireddy Sudheer Reddy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 January 1954 Rangareddy district, Telangana |
| Political party | Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Shabari Devi |
| Children | Rishi Arun,Rani Shweta devi |
References
- "Briefly: Fair deal for BC urged". The Hindu. 12 August 2005. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
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