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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = D. K. Aruna
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|05|04|df=y}}
| birth_place = Narayanpet
| residence = [[Gadwal]], [[Jogulamba Gadwal district]]
| death_date =
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| office = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|National Vice-President<br />Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| termstart = 26 September 2020
| office1 = [[Telangana Legislative Assembly|Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = [[Gadwal (Assembly constituency)|Gadwal]]
| term_start1 = 2014
| term_end1 = 2018
| predecessor1 = ''Office established''
| successor1 = Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy
| office2 = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency2 = [[Gadwal (Assembly constituency)|Gadwal]]
| term_start2 = 2004
| term_end2 = 2014
| predecessor2 = [[Gattu Bheemudu]]
| successor2 = ''Office abolished''
| office3 = Minister of Information and Public Relations
| constituency3 = [[Gadwal (Assembly constituency)|Gadwal]]
| termstart3 = May 2004
| term_end3 = September 2009
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| office4 = Minister of Small Scale industries, Sugar, Khadi and Village Industries
| constituency4 = [[Gadwal (Assembly constituency)|Gadwal]]
| term_start4 = September 2009
| term_end4 = November 2010
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| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| religion =
| otherparty = *[[Indian National Congress]]
*[[Samajwadi Party]]
| spouse = D.K. Bharatha Simha Reddy
| children = 3
| alma_mater = [[Hyderabad|Raja Bahadur Venkata Rama Reddy Womens College, Hyderabad]]
| occupation = Agriculture and Politician
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'''Dharmavarapu Kottam Aruna''' (born 4 May 1960) is an Indian politician from [[Telangana]] state. She served as a minister in [[Andhra Pradesh]] for Information and Public Relations in [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy|YS Rajasekhar Reddy]]'s cabinet (2004–2009) and for Small Scale industries, Sugar, Khadi and Village Industries in [[Rosaiah]]'s cabinet (2009–2010). She represented [[Gadwal (Assembly constituency)|Gadwal constituency]] as an [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]] in [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] between 2004–2014 and in [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]] between 2014 and 2018.

Aruna won the 2004 election under [[Samajwadi Party]] but later joined the [[Indian National Congress]]. She joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in 2019 and is appointed as its National Vice President in September 2020.

==Early life ==
DK Aruna was born on 4 May 1960 to Ch. Narsi Reddy. She is married to D.K. Bharathsimha Reddy and has three children.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Member's Profile: SMT. ARUNA D.K|url=https://www.telanganalegislature.org.in/web/legislative-assembly/members-information?p_p_id=AssemblyMemberInfo_TGPortlet_INSTANCE_cL1L4gtn8MxA&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&_AssemblyMemberInfo_TGPortlet_INSTANCE_cL1L4gtn8MxA_javax.portlet.action=getMemberDetails&_AssemblyMemberInfo_TGPortlet_INSTANCE_cL1L4gtn8MxA_const_id=79&_AssemblyMemberInfo_TGPortlet_INSTANCE_cL1L4gtn8MxA_mem_id=79&_AssemblyMemberInfo_TGPortlet_INSTANCE_cL1L4gtn8MxA_order_by=1&_AssemblyMemberInfo_TGPortlet_INSTANCE_cL1L4gtn8MxA_term_id=14&p_auth=OIiuPPfv|access-date=2022-02-10|website=[[Telangana Legislature]]}}</ref>

Aruna studied science up to Intermediate. She married into a family of politicians and Congress members aged 16.

Her father-in-law, D.K. Satya Reddy, her husband D.K. Bharatha Simha Reddy, and her brother-in-law D.K. Samara Simha Reddy have all been involved in politics. Her father [[Chitlem Narsi Reddy]], brothers Chitlem Venkateswar Reddy and Chitlem Ram Mohan Reddy are congress workers and legislators.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/11/18/stories/2005111812560400.htm|title=Andhra Pradesh News : Makthal bypoll: Narsi Reddy's son files papers|date=18 November 2005|website=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2017-09-06}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/dk-family-still-rules-the-roost/article5903764.ece|title=DK family still rules the roost|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-09-06|language=en}}</ref>

Her father and brother, Venkateswar were assassinated by [[Maoists]] on [[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]] in 2005 while attending the celebrations at [[Narayanpet]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/271511|title=Maoists Murder Andhra MLA|date=2005-08-16|work=Arab News|access-date=2017-09-06|language=en}}</ref>

Her entry into public life happened after becoming involved with "grievance redressal" sessions held at the house of her husband's family.

== Political career ==

Losing her first few elections by narrow margins, she was MLA from [[Gadwal (Assembly constituency)|Gadwal]] constituency of [[Mahbubnagar district|Mahaboobnagar district]] for the first time in 2004.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.idreampost.com/congress-mla-dk-aruna-exclusive-interview/|title=Congress MLA DK Aruna Exclusive Interview|date=2016-08-16|work=Telugu Cinema News|access-date=2017-09-06|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2004, D.K. Aruna won representing the [[Samajwadi Party]] and subsequently represented Congress in the 2009 elections.<ref name=":0" />
While in the opposition, she participated in the historic Electricity agitation, led a [[Padayatra]] from Gadwal to the State capital to highlight the irrigation water problems of the farmers in Mahaboobnagar District and went on an indefinite hunger strike for irrigation water to the dry lands of [[Telangana]].

She has also gone on Padayatra from Jamulamma temple in Gadwal mandal to Jogulamba temple in [[Alampur, Mahbubnagar district|Alampur]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/200716/telangana-mlas-hit-the-road-for-new-districts.html|title=Telangana: MLAs hit the road for new districts|date=2016-07-20|work=The Deccan Chronicle|access-date=2017-09-06|language=en}}</ref> and later a two-day hunger strike to protest against the State government's refusal to form Gadwal as part of a new district in September 2016 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Telangana/2016-09-03/DK-Aruna-Ponnala-undertake-hunger-strike-for-new-districts-/252066|title=DK Aruna, Ponnala undertake hunger strike for new districts|website=The Hans India|date=3 September 2016|language=en|access-date=2017-09-06}}</ref>

In 2018, Aruna lost [[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Gadwal (Assembly constituency)|Gadwal]] to her nephew Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy of [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]].

In March 2019, she joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and she contested [[2019 elections in India|2019 Lok sabha elections]] from [[Mahabubnagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mahabubnagar constituency]] where she lost by 77,829 votes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/senior-tdp-leader-peddi-reddy-to-join-bjp-119061700681_1.html|title=Senior TDP leader Peddi Reddy to join BJP|date=2019-06-17|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2019/jun/17/abandoning-yellow-brigade-tdp-leader-peddi-reddy-to-don-saffron-in-telanganas-bjp-1991215.html|title=Abandoning yellow brigade, TDP leader Peddi Reddy to don saffron in Telangana's BJP|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/senior-tdp-congress-leaders-join-bjp-in-telangana-5803401/|title=Senior TDP, Congress leaders join BJP in Telangana|date=2019-06-27|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/in-big-jolt-to-telangana-congress-dk-aruna-switches-over-to-bjp-2072541.html|title=In Big Jolt to Telangana Congress, DK Aruna Switches Over to BJP|website=News18|date=20 March 2019|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref>

In September 2020, She was appointed as Vice President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] .

== Political statistics ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
! Year
! Contested For
!Party
! Constituency
! Opponent
! Votes
! Majority
! Result
|-
|1
|1999
| rowspan="5" |MLA
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| rowspan="5" |[[Gadwal (Assembly constituency)|Gadwal]]
|Ghattu Bheemudu ([[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]])
|43261 - 47807
| -4546
| {{lost}} <ref>https://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-AP99.pdf | p=222</ref>
|-
|2
|2004
|[[Samajwadi Party|SP]]
|Ghattu Bheemudu ([[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]])
|80703 - 42017
|38686
| {{won}} <ref>https://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2004/StatisticalReports_AP_2004.pdf | page=224</ref>
|-
|3
|2009
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy ([[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]])
|63433 - 53006
|10427
| {{won}} <ref>https://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/Statistical_Report_AP2009.pdf | page=109</ref>
|-
|4
|2014
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy ([[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]])
|83355 - 75095
|8260
| {{won}} <ref>https://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2014/Stat-Report-Andhra-Pradesh2014.pdf | page=113</ref>
|-
|5
|2018
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy ([[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]])
|
| -28260
| {{Lost}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/StatewiseS292.htm|title=Election Commission of India}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Women in Telangana politics]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Telangana]]
[[Category:People from Mahbubnagar district]]
[[Category:Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Telangana MLAs 2014–2018]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian politicians]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:1960 births]]

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