Kunduru Jana Reddy

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
| name =Kunduru Jana Reddy
| caption = K. Jana Reddy
| father = Kunduru Veera Reddy
| Education = H.S.C.
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1946|6|20|df=y}}
| birth_place =[[Anumula]], [[Hyderabad State]], [[British India]]
| residence =[[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[List of Leader of Opposition in Telangana Assembly|Leader of Opposition in Telangana Assembly]]
| term_start = 3 June 2014
| constituency = Nagarjuna Sagar, Nalgonda Dist.
| term_end = 11 December 2018
| predecessor = Post established
| successor = [[Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka]]
| party =[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| spouse = Sumathi
| children = Raghuveer Reddy, Jaiveer Reddy
| website =
| footnotes =
| date =
| year =
| source =
|office2 = Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly
|term_start2 = 2009
|term_end2 = 2018
}}

'''Kunduru Jana Reddy'''<ref>{{cite web |url= http://jwst.ap.nic.in/apla/check_before_release/mem_287.pdf |title= telangana }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> (born 20 June 1946) is an Indian politician. He was the leader of opposition in first [[Telangana Assembly]], Served as the Minister for Panchayat Raj & Rural Water Supply in the State of [[Andhra Pradesh]] during its term from 2009 to 2014. He was among the most prominent cabinet ministers of the ruling [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) and served as Minister for Home, Jails, Fire Service, Sainik Welfare, Printing & Stationery government led by the late former Chief Minister [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy|Dr Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]] from 2004 to 2009. In 2009 elections he won with a margin of 6214 votes against industrialist turned politician of [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] Chinappa Reddy Tera.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.aponline.gov.in/apportal/contact/listofcontacts.asp?id=01 |title= AP Online website |access-date= 23 February 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131008000758/http://www.aponline.gov.in/apportal/contact/listofcontacts.asp?id=01 |archive-date= 8 October 2013 |url-status= dead }}</ref> In 2014 he won with a margin of 16558 votes over Nomula Narsimaiah of TRS in the year where Congress lost the majority vote. He lost the 1994 elections to [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] candidate Gundeboina Rammoorthy Yadav.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS0187.htm?ac=87|title=General\Bye Election to Vidhan Sabha Trends & Result 2014|date=2014|work=eciresults.nic.in|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>

==Early life and politics==

Jana Reddy was born in [[Anumula]], a village near historic [[Nagarjuna Sagar]] in the [[Nalgonda district]]. His political career started by joining the [[Telugu Desam Party]] founded by [[N T Rama Rao|Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao]], and was first elected to the State Legislature from the Chalakurthi constituency of the Nalgonda district in 1983. He was re-elected for seven terms to the Assembly from the Chalakurthi constituency, and went on to hold portfolios such as Agriculture, Co-operative, Marketing, Forest, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Weights & Measures, C.A.D., Transport, Roads & Buildings, Housing Panchayath Raj, Rural water scheme and Sanitation in the government of Andhra Pradesh. He is the longest serving cabinet minister in government of Telangana breaking the record of Sri Kasu Bramanadha Reddy former chief minister of A.P.

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.

Known for his vast experience spanning 30 years in AP state politics, administration and impeccable track record Jana Reddy, served as the Minister for Panchayati Raj & RWS - Andhra Pradesh, apart from being active in the Telangana movement and has led various delegations to [[All India Congress Committee]] (AICC) representing the Telangana Statehood issue.

== Political statistics ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
! Year
! Contested for
! Party
! Constituency
! Opponent
! Votes
! Majority
! Result
|-
|1
|1978
| rowspan="11" |MLA
|[[Janata Party|JNP]]
| rowspan="7" |[[Chalakurthi (Assembly constituency)|Chalakurthi]]
|Ramulu Nimmala (INC(I))
|18644 - 32820
| -14176
| {{lost}} <ref>https://www.eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1978/Statistical%20Report%201978%20Andhra%20Pradesh.pdf | Page=304</ref>
|-
|2
|1983
| bgcolor="#FFFF31"|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
|Ramulu Nimmala ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|39676 - 33746
| 5930
| {{won}} <ref>https://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1983/Statistical%20Report%20Andhra%20Pradesh%201983.pdf | Page=306</ref>
|-
|3
|1985
|bgcolor="#FFFF31"|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
|Dheeravath Ragya Naik ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|59113 - 30245
| 28868
| {{won}} <ref>https://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/StatisticalReport%201985%20andhra%20pradesh.pdf | Page=305</ref>
|-
|4
|1989
|bgcolor="#00FFFF" | [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|Peda Narsaiah Gopagani ([[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]])
|63231 - 48162
| 15069
| {{won}} <ref>https://www.eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatRep_AP_89.pdf | Page=308</ref>
|-
|5
|1994
|bgcolor="#00FFFF" | [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|G. Rama Murthy ([[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]])
|62230 - 64851
| -2621
| {{lost}} <ref>https://www.eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1994/StatisticalReport-AP94.pdf | Page=309</ref>
|-
|6
|1999
|bgcolor="#00FFFF" | [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|G. Rama Murthy ([[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]])
|72649 - 52005
| 20644
| {{won}} <ref>https://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-AP99.pdf | Page=312</ref>
|-
|7
|2004
|bgcolor="#00FFFF" | [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|G. Rama Murthy ([[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]])
|80116 - 51344
| 28772
| {{won}} <ref>https://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2004/StatisticalReports_AP_2004.pdf | Page=314</ref>
|-
|8
|2009
|bgcolor="#00FFFF" | [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| rowspan="6" |[[Nagarjuna Sagar (Assembly constituency)|Nagarjuna Sagar]]
|Tera Chinnapa Reddy ([[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]])
|67958 - 61744
| 6214
| {{won}} <ref>https://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/Statistical_Report_AP2009.pdf | Page=117</ref>
|-
|9
|2014
|bgcolor="#00FFFF" | [[Indian National Congress|INC]]

|[[Nomula Narsimhaiah]] ([[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]])
|69684 - 53208
| 16476
| {{won}} <ref>https://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2014/Stat-Report-Andhra-Pradesh2014.pdf | Page=121</ref>
|-
|10
|2018
|bgcolor="#00FFFF" | [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|[[Nomula Narsimhaiah]] ([[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]])
|83655 - 75884
| -7771
| {{lost}} <ref>https://www.eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1994/StatisticalReport-AP94.pdf | Page=309</ref>
|-

|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://jwst.ap.nic.in/apla/check_before_release/mem_287.pdf AP NIC website of K Jana Reddy]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090204062131/http://portal.ap.gov.in/Government/Lists/Council%20of%20Ministers/DispForm.aspx?ID=13 Council of Ministers: K.Jana Reddy]
*[http://janareddy.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/sri-kunduri-jana-reddy-minister-of-andhrapradesh-english-and-telugu-news-paper-articels-on-30-september-2008/ WordPress on K Jana Reddy]

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[[Category:1946 births]]
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]
[[Category:Telangana MLAs 2014–2018]]
[[Category:People from Nalgonda district]]
[[Category:People from Telangana]]
[[Category:Telangana politicians]]
[[Category:Telugu politicians]]
[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians]]
[[Category:Home Ministers of Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Leaders of the Opposition in Telangana]]
[[Category:Janata Party politicians]]

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