Janampalli Anirudh Reddy (born 31 December 1980) is an Indian politician from

Telangana Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...

state. He is an MLA from

Jadcherla Assembly constituency Jadcherla Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of the constituencies in Mahbubnagar district. It is part of Mahabubnagar Lok Sabha constituency. Janampalli Anirudh Reddy is currently r ...

Mahabubnagar district Mahabubnagar district, also known as Palamuru district, is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. Mahabubnagar is the district headquarters which is popularly known as Palamoor. The district shares boundaries with Narayanapet, Vikarabad ...

. He represents

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

and won the

2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election The 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election was held on 2023 elections in India, 30 November 2023 to elect all List of constituencies of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, 119 members of Telangana Legislative Assembly for its third term. ...

Early life and education

Reddy is from Rangareddyguda village,

Jadcherla Jadcherla is a census town in Mahbubnagar district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Jadcherla mandal in Mahbubnagar revenue division. In 2011, it was upgraded from village to a census town, along with 11 other villages. It is a ...

. He is born to Janampally Dilip Reddy and Shashikala. He completed his B. Tech. in computer science and engineering at Noor College of Engineering which is affiliated with Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University,

Hyderabad Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...

in 2002.

Career

Reddy began his political journey in 2012 joining the

YSR Congress Party The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (, YSRCP or YCP), often shortened to simply the YSR Congress Party, is an Indian Regionalism (politics), regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The party was initially registere ...

. In 2018, he shifted to the

Indian National Congress (INC) The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

. In 2023, he was nominated to contest the Jadcherla seat on Congress ticket. He was elected in the

in the

. He polled 90,865 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Charlakola Laxma Reddy of

Bharat Rashtra Samithi The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana and currently the primary opposition party in the state. It was founde ...

, by a huge margin of 15,171 votes. In January 2024, he denied police protection and requested the Superintendent of Police not to depute police personnel for his personal security due to the shortage of police staff.

References

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