Buggana Rajendranath Reddy (born 27 September 1970) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is a two time MLA and also served as the Minister for Finance, Planning and Legislative Affairs in the Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy's ministry. He has been nominated again by YSRCP to contest the Dhone Assembly seat in the 2024 Assembly Election.

Early life and education

Reddy was born in Bethamcherla of Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, to Buggana Ramnath Reddy, a former sarpanch of Bethamcherla village and Buggana Parvathi Devi. His maternal grandfather,

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, was a prominent Indian film maker. He did his schooling at

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and pursued his pre university course at

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, Chennai. He later graduated as Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Vijayanagar Engineering College, Bellary, in 1992.

Career

Reddy was first elected as a

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representing Dhone Assembly constituency in the

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defeating K. E. Prathap of TDP by a margin of 11,152 votes. From 2016 to 2019, he served as the chairman of the

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of Andhra Pradesh. He was elected for the second time as an MLA in the

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defeating K. E. Prathap of Telugu Desam Party, again by a huge margin of 35,516 votes.

References

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