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Etela Rajender
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Rajender in 2023

Office Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Office Minister of Health, Medical and Family Welfare
Government of Telangana
Office Minister of Finance & Planning, Small Savings, State Lotteries, Consumer Affairs, Legal Meteorology and Civil Supplies
Government of Telangana
Office Member of Legislative Assembly, Telangana
Office Member of Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh
Term start 4 June 2024


Predecessor Revanth Reddy


Predecessor C. Laxma Reddy
Successor T. Harish Rao
Constituency Malkajgiri


Born 1964-3-20 (age 62)
Born Kamalapur, Andhra Pradesh (now in Telangana), India





Political party Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2021)
Spouse Jamuna
Children 2
Alma mater Osmania University (B.Sc)



Etela Rajender (born 20 March 1964) is an Indian politician from Telangana serving as the Member of Parliament from Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency. He previously served as the first Finance Minister of Telangana from 2014 to 2018 and as the Health Minister of Telangana from 2019 to 2021. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party since 2021.

Rajender represented Kamalapur Assembly constituency from 2004 to 2010 and Huzurabad Assembly constituency from 2010 to 2023 in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and Telangana Legislative Assembly. He was a member of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) party until 2021, when he joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[1][2]

Political career

Rajender joined TRS in 2003.[3] He is recognised as a student leader with a left-wing ideology.[4]

He was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Kamalapur Assembly constituency in the 2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. He defeated the incumbent MLA Muddasani Damodar Reddy.[5] He served as the TRS floor leader in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[6] He resigned as the MLA in 2008 and was re-elected as an MLA from the same constituency in the 2008 by-election.[5][7]

In 2009, the Kamalapur constituency was merged with Huzurabad Assembly constituency. He contested the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Huzurabad constituency and won. In 2010 he resigned as the MLA and won the by-election.[5]

When Telangana state was established in 2014, he was appointed the Finance Minister of Telangana in the first K. Chandrashekar Rao ministry, and served until 2018.[8]

He contested the 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election and was re-elected as the MLA from Huzurabad constituency. In 2019, he took oath as the Minister of Health for Telangana.[9] As part of the 2018 election's declaration of assets by contestants, he has furnished Template:INRConvert in assets and was the richest among other ministers.[10]

In May 2021, Rajender, along with his followers and Jamuna Hatcheries, faced allegations of land encroachments in Achampet and Hakimpet villages in Medak district.[4][11] His ministerial portfolio was removed and he was subsequently dismissed from the state cabinet.[4][12] Subsequently, on 4 June, he resigned from TRS.[13] On 12 June, he resigned as MLA.[14]

On 14 June 2021, Rajender joined the BJP in the presence of BJP leaders Dharmendra Pradhan and G. Kishan Reddy.[15][11] He has also resigned as the president of Nampally Exhibition Society, which he held since 2014.[16] He contested the by-election held later that year and won as the MLA.[17]

In 2023 assembly elections, he contested from Huzurabad and Gazwel as BJP candidate and lost in both places to BRS candidates.[18][19] In 2024 Loksabha elections he contested from Malkajgiri and won as MP with a huge margin of 3,91,475 votes against Congress's Patnam Sunitha Mahender Reddy.[20][21]

Etela Rajender topped with raising 80 questions as Lok Sabha member from Telangana in participating in debates during the Parliament sessions between 24 June 2024 to 4 April 2025.[22]

Legislative Assembly Elections

Year Constituency Party Votes % Opponent Opponent Party Opponent Votes % Result Margin %
2023 Gajwel Template:Party name with color 66,653 28.68 K Chandrashekhar Rao Template:Party name with color 111,684 48.05 Template:No2 -45,031 -19.37
Huzurabad 63,460 30.32 Kaushik Reddy 80,333 38.38 Template:No2 -16,873 -8.06
2021 Huzurabad
(by-election) 		107,022 51.96 Gellu Srinivas Yadav Template:Party name with color 83,167 40.38 Template:Yes2 +23,855 +11.58
2018 Huzurabad Template:Party name with color 104,840 59.34 Kaushik Reddy Template:Party name with color 61,121 34.60 Template:Yes2 +43,719 +24.74
2014 95,315 58.76 Kethiri Sudarshan Reddy 38,278 23.60 Template:Yes2 +57,037 +35.16
2010 Huzurabad
(by-election) 		93,026 67.36 Muddasani Damodar Reddy Template:Party name with color 13,799 9.99 Template:Yes2 +79,227 +57.37
2009 Huzurabad 56,752 38.82 V Krishna Mohan Rao Template:Party name with color 41,717 28.54 Template:Yes2 +15,035 +10.28
2008 Kamalapur
(by-election) 		54,092 44.53 Muddasani Damodar Reddy Template:Party name with color 31,808 26.18 Template:Yes2 +22,284 +18.35
2004 Kamalapur 68,393 52.40 48,774 37.37 Template:Yes2 +19,619 +15.03

Member of parliament

Year Constituency Party Votes % Opponent Opponent Party Opponent Votes % Result Margin %
2024 Malkajgiri Template:Party name with color 991,042 51.25 Patnam Sunitha Mahender Reddy Template:Party name with color 599,567 31.00 Template:Yes2 +391,475 +20.25

Personal life

Etela was born on 20 March 1964 into a Mudiraju family in Kamalapur, Hanumakonda district of present-day Telangana. His father, Sri Mallaiah ( or Pedda Mallaiah ) , was a respected figure who passed away in August 2022. [23][24][13] He has studied B.Sc. from Osmania University in 1984.[24] He married Jamuna, who owns Jamuna Hatcheries. They have two children, Nithin Rajender (son) and Neeta Rajender (daughter) . [25] .[26][27]

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References

  1. ↑ ‘Government trying to crush Telangana movement’ - ANDHRA PRADESH. The Hindu (2010-01-23). Retrieved on 2016-01-13.
  2. ↑ Portfolios of the Council of Ministers in Telangana. The Hindu (2014-06-02). Retrieved on 2016-01-13.
  3. ↑ Sacked Telangana Minister Eatala Rajender Resigns as TRS MLA, Likely to Join BJP. News18(12 June 2021). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Telangana CM KCR Takes Away Health Minister's Portfolio Over Land Grabbing Allegations. News18(1 May 2021). Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Etela faces stiff competition. The Hindu(2 April 2014). Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  6. ↑ KCR's Telangana drama shifts to jail. Times of India (2009-11-30). Retrieved on 2016-01-13.
  7. ↑ Andhra bypolls: TRS suffers shocking defeat. Rediff News(1 June 2008). Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Eatala Rajender justifies budgetary allocations. The Hindu(14 November 2014). Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  9. ↑ Ten new Ministers sworn in. The Hindu(19 February 2019). Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  10. ↑ Worth over Rs 3 billion, meet the richest candidate in Telangana polls 2018. Business Standard(21 November 2018). Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Former Telangana Health Minister Etela Rajender Joins BJP. Outlook(14 June 2021). Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  12. ↑ Telangana: Eatala Rajender dropped from State Cabinet. Telangana Today. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Former Telangana minister Etela Rajender resigns from TRS, likely to join BJP. The Indian Express(4 June 2021). Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  14. ↑ Former TRS minister Etela Rajender resigns as MLA, set to join BJP. Business Standard(12 June 2021). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  15. ↑ Former Telangana minister Etela Rajender joins BJP. The Indian Express(14 June 2021). Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  16. ↑ Etela Rajender Quits Another Key Post. Sakshi(16 June 2021). Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  17. ↑ Eatala wins Huzurabad for BJP. The Hindu(2 November 2021). Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  18. ↑ Telangana election result: KCR wins from Gajwel constituency, loses in Kamareddy(2023-12-03).
  19. ↑ Huzurabad Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: BRS's Kaushik Reddy Padi defeats BJP's Eatala Rajendar with 16873 votes. India Today(2023-12-04).
  20. ↑ 2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Malkajgiri(4 June 2024). Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  21. ↑ Party changers | Shifting hues(13 July 2024). Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  22. ↑ Chamala Tops TG MPs in Attendance, Etala Leads in Questions(16 April 2025). Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  23. ↑ Member's Profile - Telangana-Legislature: SRI EATALA RAJENDER. Telangana Legislature. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Eatala Rajender Birthday Special: ఉద్యమకారుడి నుంచి రాష్ట్ర మంత్రివరకు.. ప్రజానేత ప్రస్థానం - Minister Eatala Rajender Birthday, K, Sammaiah. TV9 Telugu(20 March 2021). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  25. ↑ Seemandhra rulers better than KCR: Etela wife Jamuna!. Telugu360(30 May 2021). Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  26. ↑ Etela Rajender's non-veg feast invitation for OU students faces flak. The Hans India(19 June 2017). Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  27. ↑ Telangana CM KCR, governor and ministers attends Etela Rajender's daughter's marriage in Hyderabad. The Hans India(15 November 2019). Retrieved 4 June 2021.

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