Joginapally Santhosh Kumar (born 7 December 1976) is a political leader from the

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 ...

and previously served as a

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representing

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 ...

. He is the Managing Director of Telugu media house, Namasthe Telangana in

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. He is presently serving as General Secretary of

Early life

He was born in Kodurupaka village in Boinpally mandal,

Karimnagar Karimnagar, also informally known as Elagandula, is a city and District Headquarters in the Indian state of Telangana. Karimnagar is a major urban agglomeration in the state. It is third largest City in the state and Municipal Corporation and i ...

, Telangana to Ravinder Rao and Shashikala. He moved to Hyderabad for doing his Intermediate and Degree after finishing tenth Standard in his native village. He completed his

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in HR from

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. He is the nephew of Former Chief Minister of Telangana, Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao’s co-brother.

Career

He joined TRS upon the advice from KCR before the inception of the TRS Party in 2018. He worked as a personal assistant to KCR ever since. He looked after party affairs from the beginning. He became Executive Director of T-news in 2012 and is presently the Managing Director of Namasthe Telangana. He is presently looking after day-to-day activities of TRS party and is personal secretary of K. Chandrashekhar Rao. He is running for Rajya Sabha to take care of important party affairs in Delhi.

Personal life

He is married to Rohini. They have two sons, Ishaan and Shreyaan.KCR To Announce Joginpally Santhosh Kumar Candidate of Rajya Sabha Seats - NTNEWS
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References

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