Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy
Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy | |
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| Energy Minister of Telangana | |
| Assumed office 2 June 2014 | |
| Constituency | Suryapet Assembly constituency |
| Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2 June 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Ramreddy Damodar Reddy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 July 1965 Nagaram, Suryapet district |
| Political party | Telangana Rashtra Samithi |
| Spouse | Sunita Reddy |
| Children | Veman Reddy, Lahari Reddy |
| Parent(s) | Ramchandra Reddy (Father) Savithri (died in 2014) (Mother) |
| Residence(s) | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy (born 18 July 1965), often referred to by his initials, GJR, is an Indian politician currently serving as [1][2] Minister of Energy of Telangana since 2 June 2014. He is a Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from Suryapet constituency.[3][4] He is also a member of TRS party politbureau..
Early life
Born to Ramachandra Reddy and Savithri 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.
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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