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| name = Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy|Designation
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|10|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Thimmasamudram, Prakasam|Thimmasamudram]], [[Prakasam district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| residence = [[Ongole]]
| death_date =
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| constituency1 = [[Chirala (Assembly constituency)|Chirala]]
| office1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| term_start1 = 23 May 2019
| term_end1 = Incumbent
| predecessor1 = [[Amanchi Krishna Mohan]]
| successor1 =
| constituency2 = [[Ongole (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Ongole]]
| office2 = Ex [[Member of Parliament|MP]]
| term_start2 = 6 October 1999
| term_end2 = 13 May 2004
| predecessor2 = [[Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy]]
| successor2 = [[Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy]]
| office3 = Ex [[Member of legislative council|MLC]]
| term_start3 = 6 March 2017
| term_end3 = 23 May 2019
| party1 = [[YSR Congress Party]]
| party2 = [[Telugu Desam Party]] (1983–present)
| party3 = [[Indian National Congress]] (1978–1983)
| religion =
| spouse = Karanam Saraswathi
| children = [[Karanam Venkatesh]] (son)karanam Ambika Krishna (daughter)
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'''Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy''' (Karaṇaṁ Balarām Kr̥ṣṇa Mūrti), (born 31 October 1946) is an Indian politician in the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He was born in [[Thimmasamudram, Prakasam|Thimmasamudram]] village of [[Prakasam district]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He was elected as MLC under MLA quota on 6 March 2017. In 2019 General elections he won as MLA from Chirala constituency with a majority of 17,912 votes.

==Politics==
A long-timer in the [[Indian National Congress]], he became known for rescuing the then AICC chief [[Indira Gandhi]] from a public attack, when she was touring the area in 1977 after a split in the Congress. She called him as her third son. Indira Gandhi fielded him from [[Addanki]] as Congress nominee in the 1978 elections, which was his electoral debut. When he was held in lockup on some of the charges, the police was surprised to see the turnout of people visiting him. [[N. T. Rama Rao]] who was a politician by then promised the people of [[Thimmasamudram, Prakasam|Thimmasamudram]] that he will look into it.<ref name="toi">{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Hyderabad/Trouble-brewing-for-TDP-in-Prakasam/articleshow/4247525.cms|title=Trouble brewing for TDP in Prakasam | Hyderabad News - Times of India}}</ref>

==Positions held==
* 1978–83, 1985–94 & 2004–09, 2019–incumbent – Member, [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] (5 terms)<ref name="ls">{{Cite web |url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13AP18.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305010207/http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13AP18.htm |archive-date=5 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 1999 – Elected to [[13th Lok Sabha]]<ref name="ls" />
* 1999–2000 – Member, Committee on Communications, [[Lok Sabha]]<ref name="ls" />
* 2017 – 2019 – Member, [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council]]

==Controversies==
Apart from being the accused in several cases from unlawful assembly, murder etc., he was suspended from the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for 6 months on charges of making ‘objectionable’ remarks against the then [[Andhra Pradesh State Assembly|Assembly]] Speaker K. R. Suresh Reddy. The Committee on Privileges of the Assembly was chaired by his former rival Gade Venkat Reddy of the then ruling [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] party.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080920063005/http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/28/stories/2008082852740300.htm ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080415202044/http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/12/stories/2008041256600400.htm ]</ref> Garataiah was allegedly upset over being denied the [[Addanki]] assembly ticket in the 2009 elections.<ref name="toi" /><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090316214434/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/13/stories/2009031355690300.htm ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090421014126/http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/16/stories/2009041654010300.htm ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090413011427/http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/07/stories/2009040751160300.htm ]</ref>
On July 9, 2019, [[Amanchi Krishna Mohan]] filed a petition in the High Court seeking the disqualification of Karanam Balaram's victory in 2019 Assembly Election. Amanchi further alleged that Karanam Balaram has given false information regarding his personal life in the election affidavit.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/amanchi-challenges-karanams-election/article28336208.ece|title=Amanchi challengesKaranam's election|newspaper=The Hindu|date=9 July 2019}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[13th Lok Sabha]]
* [[Prakasam district]]
* [[Ongole]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.telugudesam.org Telugu Desam party]
* [http://www.karanam.in Karanam Balaram]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140615041318/http://www.aponline.gov.in/apportal/index.asp Andhra Pradesh government]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130305010207/http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13AP18.htm Lok Sabha profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090221162747/http://assembly.ap.nic.in/ Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]

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[[Category:13th Lok Sabha members]]
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[[Category:People from Prakasam district]]

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