Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy (born 1 June 1967) is an Indian politician and a former Member of Legislative Assembly of Munugode of Telangana state, ex. Member of Legislative Council and ex. member of the 15th Lok Sabha. He was former Bharatiya Janata Party leader till Oct 2023. He was former Member of the Legislative Assembly from the village Munugode and is currently member of Indian National Congress.
Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy | |
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 Raj Gopal Reddy in 2022 | |
| Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 07 December 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy |
| Constituency | Munugode |
| In office 11 December 2018 – 4 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy |
| Succeeded by | Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy |
| Constituency | Munugode |
| Member of Telangana Legislative Council | |
| In office 30 December 2016 – 10 December 2018 | |
| Chairman | K. Swamy Goud |
| Deputy Chairman | Nethi Vidya Sagar |
| Leader of the House | K. Chandrashekar Rao |
| Constituency | Elected by Local Authorities (Nalgonda) |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency Established |
| Succeeded by | Burra Narsaiah |
| Constituency | Bhongir, Andhra Pradesh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 June 1967 Brahmana Vellemla |
| Political party | Indian National Congress (since October 2023) |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Lakshmi |
| Children | Sankeerth Reddy |
| Residence(s) | Plot No. 35 A, Road No. 11, Phase - II, Film Nagar, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad - 33 |
| Website | www |
Early life
editHe was born in Brahmana Vellemla village, Narketpally, Nalgonda district to Papi Reddy. He has a bachelor's degree in arts. His elder brother is former minister and former MLA,[citation needed] now member of 17th Lok Sabha from Bhuvanagiri constituency, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy.[citation needed]
Career
editReddy won from Bhongir constituency in 2009.[citation needed] Reddy is an entrepreneur turned politician.[citation needed] He actively participated in the Telangana agitation by voicing his opinion in the parliament for the separate statehood of Telangana. He lost to Bura Narsaiah Goud for the Bhongir parliamentary constituency in 2014 Parliament elections. He won as a Member of the Legislative Council for the Local bodies constituency of Nalgonda Dist. He resigned from the post of MLC with 3 years of tenure remaining and won as a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Munugode Assembly constituency in the 2018 Assembly elections. He fought for the issues related to his constituency but all in vain as the ruling party TRS wasn't able to fulfil the demands of their constituents thereby leading him to resign from the post of MLA.[1] He joined [2] Bhartiya Janata Party(BJP) on August 21[3] and contested as a BJP candidate in Munugode Assembly by-election and lost to Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy of BRS party. Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy was appointed as a bjp national executive committee member on 05 July 2023.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Telangana's Munugode Congress MLA Komatireddy Rajagopal submits resignation; Speaker accepts". 8 August 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ https://english.sakshi.com/news/telangana/komatireddy-rajagopal-reddy-join-bjp-august-21-159134>
- ^ "Elect Rajagopal, TRS government will be gone just like... snap, says Amit Shah". 22 August 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ ABP News (6 July 2023). "Telangana: BJP Names Former MLA Komatireddy As National Executive Member". Archived from the original on 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.