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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| constituency = [[Adilabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Adilabad]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament|MP]]
| term = 2014 - 2019
| predecessor =[[Ramesh Rathod]]
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| party = [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]]
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'''Godam Nagesh''' (born 21 October 1964),<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telangananewspaper.com/godam-nagesh-profile/ | location=Hyd | work=News | title=Godam Nagesh Profile: Telangana Politician | date=19 May 2016}}</ref> is an Indian politician. He hails from the [[Gond people]].<ref name="f"/><ref name="Madras2003">{{cite book|author=University of Madras|title=Electoral politics and nation building in South Indian states|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D41uAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=University of Madras|page=95}}</ref>

G. Nagesh was elected to the [[Andhra Pradesh]] Legislative Assembly in the [[1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1994 election]] from the [[Boath (Assembly constituency)|Boath seat]], contesting as a [[Telugu Desam Party]] candidate.<ref name="f">{{cite book|title=Frontline, Vol. 12, Eds. 1-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AqdKAQAAIAAJ|date=January 1995|publisher=S. Rangarajan for Kasturi & Sons|page=23}}</ref><ref name="e1994"/> His father [[G. Rama Rao]], former Minister for Tribal Welfare, was incumbent legislator of Boath at the time.<ref name="h1">''The Hindu''. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20040413093741/http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/26/stories/2004032609820300.htm TDP may find the going tough]''</ref> G. Nagesh won the seat, obtaining 51,593 votes (65.27% of the votes in the constituency).<ref name="e1994">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1994/StatisticalReport-AP94.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1994 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ANDHRA PRADESH]''</ref> He was amongst the youngest legistors in the Legislative Assembly at the time.<ref name="f"/> G. Nagesh was named as Minister of State for Scheduled Tribes Welfare and Welfare of the Handicapped in the TDP state government after the election.<ref name="Madras2003"/><ref>{{cite book|title=India Today, Vol. 23|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dW5DAAAAYAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Thomson Living Media India Limited|page=9}}</ref><ref name="Prasad2004">{{cite book|author=R. J. Rajendra Prasad|title=Emergence of Telugu Desam: And an Overview of Political Movements in Andhra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1cSOAAAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Master Minds|page=112}}</ref><ref name="Chowdhry1995">{{cite book|author=N. K. Chowdhry|title=Assembly Elections, 1994–95: An Analysis and Results|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gYiKAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Shipra Publications|isbn=978-81-85402-73-4|page=31}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Journal of Parliamentary Information, Vol. 41|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iRWOAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=30}}</ref>

He retained the Boath seat in the [[1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1999 election]], obtaining 49,155 votes (56.17%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-AP99.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1999 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ANDHRA PRADESH]''</ref> He lost the Boath seat in the [[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2004 election]], finishing in second place with 41,567 votes.<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_2004/StatisticalReports_AP_2004.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2004 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ANDHRA PRADESH]''</ref> Reportedly his father opposed his candidature in the 2004 election.<ref name="h1"/> He re-captured the Boath seat in the [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2009 Legislative Assembly election]], obtaining 64,895 votes (55.92%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/Statistical_Report_AP2009.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2009 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ANDHRA PRADESH]''</ref> G. Nagesh served as the president of the TDP district unit in [[Adilabad District|Adilabad]].<ref name="h"/> He has also served as chairman of the Girijan Cooperative Corporation.<ref name="h1"/>

Ahead of the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 Lok Sabha election]], he left the TDP and joined the [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] (TRS) instead.<ref name="h">''The Hindu''. ''[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/suspense-over-candidates-continues-in-adilabad/article5818520.ece Suspense over candidates continues in Adilabad]''</ref> He was admitted to the TRS by the party chief [[K. Chandrasekhar Rao]] on 3 March 2014.<ref>''The Hindu''. ''[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/two-tdp-mlas-join-trs/article5748598.ece Two TDP MLAs join TRS]''</ref> After joining TRS he was listed as the candidate of the party in the Boath Legislative Assembly seat. However, G. Nagesh asked to get the nomination for the [[Adilabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Adilabad Lok Sabha seat]] instead.<ref>''The Hindu''. ''[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/boath-mla-seeks-trs-nomination-from-adilabad/article5872667.ece Boath MLA seeks TRS nomination from Adilabad]''</ref> On 8 April 2014, he was declared as the TRS candidate for the Adilabad Lok Sabha seat.<ref>''The Hindu''. ''[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/trs-announces-45-more-candidates/article5889903.ece TRS announces 45 more candidates]''</ref>

==References==
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