T. Jeevan Reddy

Tatiparthi Jeevan Reddy
Former Minister & MLA Jagtial
In office
14 May 2004 – 2 March 2009
Constituency Jagtial
Member of AP.Congress Committee (Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly)
In office
1983 –
Personal details
Political party Indian National Congress

Tatiparthi Jeevan Reddy is a senior politician in Telangana State and is a member of the Indian National Congress.He is the present MLA from jagtial assembly constituency.

He was First elected as Panchayat Samithi President of Mallial in 1981 in a non-party based elections, which is equivalent to today’s Legislative Constituency.

         He was First time elected as M.L.A from T.D.P in the year 1983 and was inducted in the State Cabinet with an Excise Minister portfolio. He later differed with N.T.R and joined the Congress Party under the leadership of late Sree Rajeev Gandhi in the year 1984. He won the elections from the Congress Party in the year 1989, 1996,1999, 2004.

Mr. Jeevan Reddy contested against the T.R.S Party President in the Parliament by-election in the year 2006 and 2008. In 2008 Parliament election’s, he lost marginally with 14,000 only. In 2006 he was inducted into the State Cabinet till 2009 during which he held the portfolio of R&B. After formation of Telangana State he won the only seat from North Telangana for Congress.

            Presently Deputy Leader of Congress Legislative Party.

Minister In old A.P

He was the Roads and Buildings Minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2007[1] to 2009.[2] He is a senior member of the Congress Party.[3]

Career

Jeevan Reddy was elected as an MLA for six times consecutively from Jagtial constituency,[4] and was defeated by L. Ramana of the Telugu Desam Party in the 2009 elections.[2]

In 2008, he lost Karimnagar by-election to TRS leader, K. Chandrashekhar Rao, by 14,000 votes.[5]


Member of Legislative Assembly

DurationConstituencyPolitical Party
1983-85 JagtialINC
1989-94 Jagtial INC
1999-2004 Jagtial INC
2004-2009 Jagtial INC
2014-Incumbent Jagtial INC

References

  1. ↑ "AP CM inducts 17 ministers, reshuffles portfolios". Oneindia. 26 April 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Rajasekhara Reddy credits his party's success to Singh, Gandhi". Livemint. 17 May 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "KCR's fast for political gain: Congress". The Hindu. 29 November 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  4. ↑ "A blend of knowledge and experience". The Hindu. 27 April 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  5. ↑ http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/3600


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