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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = P. Gummanur Jayaram
| image =
| caption =
| office3 = [[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy ministry| Former Minister of Labour, Employment & Factories]]<br>[[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]
| termstart3 = 30 May 2019
| term_end3 = 5 March 2024
| 1blankname3 = Governor
| 1namedata3 = {{ubl| ▪︎ [[E. S. L. Narasimhan]]| ▪︎ [[Biswabhusan Harichandan]]| ▪︎ [[S. Abdul Nazeer]]}}
| 2blankname3 = Chief Minister
| 2namedata3 = [[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy]]
| predecessor3 = [[Pithani Satyanarayana]]
| successor3 =
| office = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly| Member of Legislative Assembly<br> Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_start1 = 2 June 2014
| term_end1 = 5 March 2024
| predecessor1 = Patil Neeraja Reddy
| successor1 = [[Busine Virupakshi|B. Virupakshi]]
| constituency1 = [[Alur (Assembly constituency)|Aluru]]
| term_start = 4 June 2024
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Y. Venkatarama Reddy]]
| successor =
| constituency = [[Guntakal (Assembly constituency)|Guntakal]]
| party = [[File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png|40px]] [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| otherparty = [[File:Indian Election Symbol Ceiling Fan.svg|40px]] [[YSR Congress Party]] (2011-2024) <br> [[File:PrajaRajyamPartyFlag.png|40px]] [[Praja Rajyam Party]] (2009-2011)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1968|10|16}}
| birth_place = [[Gummanur village]], [[Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh]], India
| spouse = {{marriage|Gummanur Renuka|1989}}
| children = 5
| relatives =
| alma_mater = Municipal Boys High School, [[Bellary, Karnataka]]
| website =
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'''Gummanur Jayaram''' (born 16 October 1968) is an Indian politician from [[Telugu Desam Party]] and formerly a member of YSR Party and Minister of Labour, Employment, Training, Factories in the [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="Andhra Pradesh Ministers: Portfolios and profiles">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Andhra Pradesh Ministers: Portfolios and profiles |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/andhra-pradesh-ministers-portfolios-and-profiles/article27698301.ece |access-date=15 April 2022 |work= |date=8 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415155454/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/andhra-pradesh-ministers-portfolios-and-profiles/article27698301.ece |archive-date=15 April 2022 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name=ap>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ap.gov.in/?page_id=56|title=Minister Portfolio|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102093851/https://www.ap.gov.in/?page_id=56|archive-date=2 November 2020|access-date=|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/andhra-pradesh-ministers-portfolios-and-profiles/article27698301.ece|title=Andhra Pradesh Ministers: Portfolios and profiles|date=2019-06-08|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-03-19|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/kanti-velugu-aimed-to-test-vision-of-5-cr-people-in-state-minister-571462|title=Kanti Velugu aimed to test vision of 5 cr people in State: Minister|date=2019-10-11|website=www.thehansindia.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-19}}</ref> He was elected as a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the AP Legislative Assembly (India)]] (MLA) representing [[Alur (Assembly constituency)]] in both the [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] and [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]s.

==Political career==

===2019 Election ===
In 2019 election, Jayaram contested again as MLA representing [[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]] from Alur against Kotla Sujathamma from [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]. He won with total votes of 107,101 with 161 Postal and 106940 General representing 56%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/11673-andhra-pradesh-legislative-assembly-election-2019/|title=Elections 2019|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> With a statewide majority by the YSRCP, they formed the state government headed by [[Jagan Mohan Reddy]] as CM, and Jayaram was chosen as Minister of Labour, Employment, Training, Factories in Jagan's cabinet.

=== 2024 Election ===
Jayaram was fired from his ministry as he joined hands with [[Telugu Desam Party]] without resigning his post.<ref name="Gummanur Jayaram, Labour Minister and YSRCP MLA from Alur, joins TDP">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |title=Gummanur Jayaram, Labour Minister and YSRCP MLA from Alur, joins TDP |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/gummanur-jayaram-labour-minister-and-ysrcp-mla-from-alur-joins-tdp/article67917572.ece |access-date=23 March 2024 |date=5 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323145645/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/gummanur-jayaram-labour-minister-and-ysrcp-mla-from-alur-joins-tdp/article67917572.ece |archive-date=23 March 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-03-05 |title=Minister Gummanur Jayaram resigns from YSRCP and joins TDP |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amaravati/minister-gummanur-jayaram-resigns-from-ysrcp-and-joins-tdp/articleshow/108243541.cms |access-date=2024-03-05 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> He remains the only minister to be fired from his position in the history of bifurcated Andhra Pradesh.

==Development projects==

Jayaram led a project bringing water channels to his constituency. He also addressed the problem in labour department,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://telugu.samayam.com/andhra-pradesh/news/ex-minister-atchannaidu-will-go-to-jail-says-minister-gummanur-jayaram/articleshow/74240890.cms|title=ESI Scam: 'అచ్చెన్నాయుడు జైలుకెళ్లడం ఖాయం'|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> and worked with the Central Government to deliver the upcoming hospital where MoS [[Santosh Kumar Gangwar]] laid the foundation stone of the ESI Hospital in [[Kakinada]], Andhra Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indusdictum.com/2020/02/26/mos-labour-gangwar-lays-foundation-stone-of-100-bed-esi-hospital-in-andhra-2/|title=MoS Labour Gangwar lays foundation stone of 100-bed ESI hospital in Andhra|date=February 26, 2020|website=Indus Dictum}}</ref>

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