| Office | Minister for Panchayat Raj and rural development, Telangana
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|---|---|
| Constituency | Kollapur
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| Born | 1955-08-10 (age 71) |
| Born | Kollapur, Andhra State, India (now Telangana, India)
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| Political party | Telangana Rashtra Samithi |
| Spouse | Sujana |
| Children | Varun, Arun
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Jupally Krishna Rao (born 10 August 1955) is an Indian politician and was Minister of Telangana. He was elected as MLA in the Telangana Legislative Assembly from Kollapur and won elections for 5 times. He lost in 2018 assembly elections.[1][2][3][4]
Early life
Jupally Krishna Rao was born in Pedda Dagada village in Mahbubnagar district, Telangana, India. In 2018 general election, Jupally krishna Rao defeated from TRS Party,
Career
Jupally Krishna Rao started his career as a bank employee and gradually succeeded in construction business. He was elected as an MLA from Kollapur constituency in Mahbubnagar district in 1999,2004,2009,2012 by-elections & 2014.[5] He was earlier a Minister for Food, Civil supplies, Legal Metrology, Consumer affairs in Sri YS Rajasekhar Reddy's cabinet. Later in Kiran Kumar Reddy's cabinet, he was given Endowment Ministry in Andhra Pradesh. He is the first MLA from Kollapur Constituency who got elected 5 times consecutively.
He quit Congress Party and joined Telangana Rashtra Samithi on 30 October 2011.[6][7]
He is currently handling the Minister for Textiles & Sugar in Government of Telangana
Personal life
Jupally Krishna Rao is married to Sujana. They have two sons. Elder Son is Varun Jupally and Younger is Arun Jupally.
References
- ↑ Jupally Krishna Rao Biography & Family details(10 August 2016).
- ↑ http://www.livemint.com/2011/10/30141425/Three-Congress-MLAs-resign-ove.html?h=B Template:Dead link
- ↑ 3 Telangana Congress MLAs set to join TRS. Ibnlive.in.com(2011-10-30).
- ↑ Cities. Deccan Chronicle(2013-06-30).
- ↑ Rail roko off; More trains run on day-II. Ibnlive.in.com(2011-10-18).
- ↑ Two MLAs from Congress join TRS(2011-10-30).
- ↑ Ponnam arrested amid high drama. Ibnlive.in.com(2011-10-16).