Chandupatla Janga Reddy

Chandupatla Janga Reddy (18 November 1935 – 5 February 2022) was an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to the 8th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Hanamkonda, Andhra Pradesh defeating the future Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao in 1984.[1][2] He helped so many poor students with their education. He was the co founder of Vaagdevi group of institutions.

In this Telugu name, the surname is Chandupatla.

Chandupatla Janga Reddy
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1984–1988
Preceded byP. V. Narasimha Rao
Succeeded byKamaluddin Ahmed
ConstituencyHanamkonda
Personal details
Born(1935-11-18)18 November 1935
Parkala Village, Parkala Thaluk, Warangal District, Hyderabad state
Died5 February 2022(2022-02-05) (aged 86)
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseC. Sudeshma
Children3
Residence(s)Hanamakonda Hanamakonda Warangal, Telangana India. Permanent address: Amara Veerula, Parkala, Tehsil Parkala, District Warangal, Telangana State.
EducationB.A.
OccupationChairman of Vaagdevi Group of Institutions
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Early life

Reddy was born 18 November 1935. He worked as a teacher in Parkala Village, located in the Warangal District of Andhra Pradesh, for ten years ending in 1967.

Political career

He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1967–72 (from Parkal as Jana Sangh member),[3] 1978–83 (from Shyampet as Janata Party member) and 1983–84 (from Shyampet as member of BJP). He is best known for his time as Member of Parliament in the 8th Lok Sabha in 1984.[4] That year the Bharatiya Janata Party won just two of the 543 Parliament constituencies; one was won by Chendupatla Janga Reddy, representing Hanamkonda in the then undivided Andhra Pradesh, and the other by AK Patel, representing Mehsana, Gujarat. He took active part in the Telangana Satyagraha Movement and anti-Malapumm district agitation in Kerala. He was arrested in 1970 for leading a group in Delhi in support of the recognition of Bangladesh, and imprisoned under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) from 14 November 1975 to 18 December 1976. He participated in the satyagraha in Delhi against the deployment of the army to the Golden Temple in 1984. He was an active member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and held many offices in the Andhra Pradesh Student Union, including Executive Member. He resided in Hanamakonda, Warangal.

Personal life and death

Reddy married C. Sudeshma in 1953, with whom he had one son and two daughters. Reddy died in Hyderabad on 5 February 2022, at the age of 86.[5]

References
  1. "They got BJP into Parliament, but now the party has forgotten them". ThePrint. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. "How has BJP changed over the years? Here's what the party's first MP thinks". Business Standard India. Business Standard. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. "Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1967".
  4. http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/INDIA_1984_E.PDF
  5. "First BJP MP in Lok Sabha, Chandupatla Janga Reddy, passes away". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
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