Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu (born 18 December 1987) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 33rd Minister of Civil Aviation since June 2024. He represents the Srikakulam constituency in the Lok Sabha and has been elected in the 16th, 17th, and 18th Lok Sabha. He first won the seat in the 2014 Indian general election and was re-elected in 2019 and 2024 as a candidate of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). He serves as the National General Secretary of the TDP[1][2] and as the party's leader in the Lok Sabha.
Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu | |
|---|---|
 Naidu in 2024 | |
| 33rd Union Minister of Civil Aviation | |
| Assumed office 10 June 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Jyotiraditya M. Scindia |
| National General Secretary of Telugu Desam Party | |
| Assumed office 2017 Serving with Nara Lokesh | |
| National President | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 16 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Killi Krupa Rani |
| Constituency | Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 December 1987 Nimmada, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Telugu Desam Party |
| Spouse |
Bandaru Sri Sravya (m. 2017) |
| Parents |
|
| Relatives | Kinjarapu Atchannaidu (uncle) Adireddy Bhavani (sister) Bandaru Satyanarayana (father-in-law) |
| Residence | C-6, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, Delhi |
| Alma mater | Purdue University (B.S.) Long Island University (M.B.A.) |
Early life and education
editNaidu was born in Nimmada, Srikakulam. He is the son of Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu,[3] a member of the Telugu Desam Party, and Kinjarapu Vijayakumari. His father was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Tekkali constituency and subsequently became a Member of Parliament (MP) from Srikakulam, later serving as a Union Minister for Rural Development in the United Front government between 1996 and 1998. He completed his primary schooling in Srikakulam and later on joined Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram, Delhi, after his father became an MP and moved to Delhi. He then earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University, United States, and an MBA from Long Island University. He worked for a year in Singapore before returning to India.[4][5] His uncle, Kinjarapu Atchannaidu, is a senior politician of the TDP and also a minister in the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Personal life
editNaidu married Sravya Bandaru in June 2017, the youngest daughter of the former minister and Telugu Desam Party Vice-President, Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy.[6]
Political career
editNaidu entered politics in 2012 after the death of his father.[7] He represents the Srikakulam Parliamentary constituency. Appointed as the constituency in-charge in 2013, he contested the 2014 elections and won by a margin of 127,576 votes.[8] Kinjarupu is the second youngest Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha. He introduced a private member's bill demanding the establishment of a railway zone in Andhra Pradesh with Visakhapatnam as its headquarters.[9][10] In the 2024 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh, he represented TDP and won by a majority of 3,27,901 votes from the Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency.[11][12][13] He is the incumbent Union Minister of Civil Aviation, India.[14][15]
Performance in Parliament
editPerformance in the Lok Sabha, 2019-20[16]
| MP performance parameters (2019–20) | Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu |
|---|---|
| Attendance in parliament | 90%, against State Average 79% and National Average 84% |
| Questions raised | 69, against State Average 49 and National Average 49 |
| Debates Participated | 34, against State Average 13 and National Average 14.5 |
| Private Member Bills | 0, against State Average 0 and National Average 0.3 |
| Number of criminal cases | None |
Parliamentary Committees
editHe is a member of the standing committee on Railways and Home Affairs, Consultative Committee on Ministry of Tourism and Culture and in the Committee on Welfare of other Backward Classes and Official Language Department in the 16th Lok Sabha.[17]
At the United Nations
editKinjarapu has represented India at the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly in the 22nd meeting of the first committee on Disarmament. He reiterated India's commitment to upholding the UN Charter's ideals and promoting international peace through multilateral cooperation. Representing India at the United Nations, he emphasized the importance of advancing nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation efforts.[18]
As the Minister for Civil Aviation
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On 10 June 2024, Naidu was allocated the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Electoral history
edit| Year | Office | Constituency | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Party | Votes | % | Result | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | MP | Srikakulam | Telugu Desam Party | 
|
556,163 | 52.90 | Reddy Shanthi | YSR Congress Party | 
|
428,591 | 40.76 | Won | [19] |
| 2019 | 534,544 | 46.19 | Duvvada Srinivas | 527,891 | 45.61 | Won | |||||||
| 2024 | 754,328 | 61.05 | Tilak Perada | 426,427 | 34.51 | Won | |||||||
Policy positions
editIn October 2019, he wrote an article in The News Minute criticizing the Andhra Pradesh government under Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy for its sand mining policy. He argued that the ban on sand mining from May to September 2019 disrupted the construction industry and affected the livelihoods of over 2 million laborers.[20]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ India, The Hans (24 September 2017). "TDP Central Committee constituted". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Member Detail". sansad.in/ls. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Rammohan Naidu named successor of Yerran Naidu". The Hindu. 23 November 2012. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ The Hindu (9 June 2024). "Modi 3.0 Cabinet: Ram Mohan Naidu set to become youngest ever Union Minister". Archived from the original on 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Meet Ram Mohan Naidu, India's New Aviation Minister, Youngest In Modi 3.0". NDTV.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "TDP MP Rammohan Naidu marries former minister's daughter". The Times of India. 15 June 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Senior TDP leader and former Union minister Yerran Naidu dies in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh". India Today. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Rammohan Naidu wins hands down". The Hindu. 16 May 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ Teja, Charan (13 December 2017). "TDP MP to move private member's bill seeking AP railway zone". The News Minute. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "The Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2017 as introduced in Lok Sabha on 29/12/2017" (PDF).
- ^ "Results of Srikakulam Parliament Constituency, General Elections,2024".
- ^ "Srikakulam lok sabha election results 2024: Srikakulam Winning Candidates List and Vote Share". India Today. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Srikakulam Constituency Lok Sabha Election Result: Candidates Profiles, Map, Total Votes, Past Results | Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, Union Minister of Civil Aviation".
- ^ "New Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu promises to review airfares". India Today. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu | PRSIndia". PRS Legislative Research. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ Centre, National Informatics. "Digital Sansad". Digital Sansad. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ Naidu, Kinjarapu Rammohan; India (25 October 2017). "Record #1654562". United Nations Digital Library System. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "Meet Ram Mohan Naidu, 3-time Andhra MP and India's youngest-ever Union minister". India Today. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ K, Ram Mohan Naidu (25 October 2019). "Andhra CM Jagan destroyed livelihoods with sand mining ban, TDP MP writes". The News Minute. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
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