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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
| office = [[First Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ministry|Minister of Commercial Taxes]] {{small|[[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]}}
| term_start = 14 May 2004
| term_end = 20 May 2009
| governor =
* [[Surjit Singh Barnala]]
* [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]
* [[Rameshwar Thakur]]
* [[N. D. Tiwari]]
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]]
| predecessor = [[Ashok Gajapathi Raju]]
| successor = [[Konijeti Rosaiah]]
| office1 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_start1 = 2024
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = [[Gudivada Amarnath]]
| successor1 =
| constituency1 = [[Anakapalle Assembly constituency|Anakapalle]]
| term_start2 = 2004
| term_end2 = 2009
| predecessor2 = [[Dadi Veerabhadra Rao]]
| successor2 = [[Ganta Srinivasa Rao]]
| constituency2 = [[Anakapalle Assembly constituency|Anakapalle]]
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start3 = 1989
| term_end3 = 1996
| predecessor3 = [[P. Appalanarasimham]]
| successor3 = [[Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu]]
| constituency3 = [[Anakapalle Lok Sabha constituency|Anakapalle]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|1|4|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Anakapalli]], [[Visakhapatnam]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] (now [[Anakapalli district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]])
| party = [[Jana Sena Party]] (2024-present)
| otherparty =
* [[YSR Congress Party]] (2011-2014)
* [[Indian National Congress]] (1982-2011)
| spouse =Konathala Padmavathi (m.1982)
| children = 2 (daughters)
| education = [[Master of Commerce|M.Com]]
| alma_mater = Andhra Vidhyalayam
| profession =
* [[Politics]]
* [[Businessman]]
}}
'''Konathala Ramakrishna''' (born 4 January 1957) is an Indian politician from [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He is a two-time [[Member of parliament|Member of Parliament]] from [[Anakapalle Lok Sabha constituency]] and also a former [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]] from [[Anakapalli Assembly constituency]] and a state minister in the [[First Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ministry|Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy government]] before serving as Andhra Pradesh [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] parliament members convener from 1991 to 1996.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/ex-ysrcp-leader-konatala-ramakrishna-may-join-janasena-party/articleshow/106933097.cms |title=Ex YSRCP leader Konatala Ramakrishna may join Janasena Party |newspaper=The Times of India |date=17 January 2024 }}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Ramakrishna was born in [[Anakapalli]] in a business family of [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Castes_and_Tribes_of_Southern_India/Gavara Gavara] community.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2024-02-25 |title=New JS entrant Konathala to contest from Anakapalli |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/new-js-entrant-konathala-to-contest-from-anakapalli-visakhapatnam/articleshow/107978591.cms |access-date=2024-04-18 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-01-17 |title=Ex YSRCP leader Konatala Ramakrishna may join Janasena Party |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/ex-ysrcp-leader-konatala-ramakrishna-may-join-janasena-party/articleshow/106933097.cms |access-date=2024-06-20 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> His father is Konathala Subramanyam.

== Career ==
Ramakrishna started his political career with [[Indian National Congress]] in 1982. In 1989, he contested as an MP candidate of Congress from Anakapalle Parliamentary constituency and won by a slender margin of 9 votes defeating [[Telugu Desam Party]] candidate P. Appalanarasimham.<ref>{{Cite web |title=When elections were won by just one vote in India |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/har-ek-vote-jaroori-hota-hai-when-elections-were-won-by-just-one-extra-vote-1498396-2019-04-10 |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=India Today |date=10 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref> He retained the MP seat for Congress defeating the same candidate in 1991. However, he lost the same seat in the [[1996 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh]].

He was a state minister in the [[First Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ministry|Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy government]] before serving as Andhra Pradesh Congress parliament members convener from 1991 to 1996.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/>

In the [[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]], he won as a Congress candidate against Dadi Veerabhadra Rao of Telugu Desam Party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election 2004 - Constituency wise Results |url=https://m.rediff.com/election/ap04detail.htm |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=m.rediff.com}}</ref> He was the Minister for Commercial Taxes in the late [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy|Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy]] government from 2004 to 2009.<ref name=":0" /> In 2009, he lost the MLA seat to Ganta Srinivasa Rao of Praja Rajyam Party. After the death of former Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy, he joined YSR Congress Party and supported [[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy]]. But later, he quit the party.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-01-28 |title=Konathala still in dilemma |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/konathala-still-in-dilemma/article6832152.ece |access-date=2024-04-18 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In June 2016, he staged a dharna to demand funds for the Babu Jagjeevanram Uttarandhra Sujala Sravanthi irrigation project.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Express News |date=2016-06-15 |title=Konathala stages dharna, to set up Sadhana Samithi |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2016/Jun/15/konathala-stages-dharna-to-set-up-sadhana-samithi-940470.html |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

He is nominated to contest the [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from Anakapalli constituency on [[Jana Sena Party]] which he joined in January 2024.<ref name=":0" /> Thus, he joined his long-time political rival Dadi Veerabhadra Rao in the three-party political alliance of Telugu Desam, BJP and Jana Sena, and vowed to defeat YSRCP.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-03-08 |title=Political rivals-turned-allies join hands, vow to strengthen TDP-JSP alliance in Anakapalli |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/political-rivals-turned-allies-join-hands-vow-to-strengthen-tdp-jsp-alliance-in-anakapalli/article67928659.ece |access-date=2024-04-18 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He said that they were only political rivals but always had good relationship outside politics.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://timesxptelugu.indiatimes.com/samayam/andhra-pradesh/visakhapatnam/anakapalle-janasena-mla-candidate-konathala-ramakrishna-called-on-tdp-leader-dadi-veerabhadra-rao/videoshow/108334679.cms |title='దాడి' మా లెక్చరర్.. డిగ్రీలో నాకు సైకిల్ నేర్పించారు: కొణతాల |language=te |access-date=2024-04-18 |via=timesxptelugu.indiatimes.com}}</ref> However, many TDP cadre were unhappy that a turncoat was given the seat.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Correspondent |first=D. C. |date=2024-02-25 |title=Two North Andhra TD Leaders Quit Party Posts, Unhappy with List |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/two-north-andhra-td-leaders-quit-party-posts-unhappy-with-list-883316 |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-02-25 |title=A.P. Assembly elections: TDP activists miffed at allotment of Anakapalli seat to JSP's Konathala Ramakrishna |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ap-assembly-elections-tdp-activists-miffed-at-allotment-of-anakapalli-seat-to-jsps-konathala-ramakrishna/article67885155.ece |access-date=2024-04-18 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Telugu politicians]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009]]
[[Category:1957 births]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:India MPs 1989–1991]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians]]
[[Category:Jana Sena Party politicians]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2024–2029]]

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