Kambalapadu Ediga Krishna Murthy (born 2 October 1938), popularly known as K. E. Krishna Murthy, is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He served as

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from 2014-2019 and as an Irrigation minister in N. T. Rama Rao cabinet from 1985-1987. Also he worked in the cabinet of

Tanguturi Anjaiah Tanguturi Anjaiah (1919–1986), popularly known as T. Anjaiah, was an Indian politician who served as the 7th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh from October 1980 to February 1982. He won from Ramayampet Assembly Constituency. Background Tangu ...

. Murthy was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly five times from

Dhone Dhone or Dronachalam is a town in Nandyal district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality located in Dhone mandal, and it is the headquarters of Dhone revenue division. History Dhone was formerly known as Dronachalam. Dhone ...

constituency, one time from

Pattikonda Pattikonda is a town in Pattikonda mandal of Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is under the administration of Pattikonda revenue division. It is located 80 km away from Kurnool, 35 km from Adoni town and 35 km from Guntakal Gunt ...

constituency and to the Lok Sabha for one term from

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constituency.

Early life and education

Krishna Murthy was born in Kambalapadu, Kurnool district. His father

K. E. Madanna Kambalapadu Ediga Madanna (28 May 1902 – 5 May 1994), well known as K.E. Madanna, was a social activist and political leader who fought against the Rayalaseema factionists and forward castes dominations in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh in I ...

is a freedom fighter. His mother's name is K. E. Madamma. His son

K. E. Shyam Babu Kambalapadu Ediga Shyam Kumar (born 1982) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is an MLA from Pattikonda Assembly constituency in Kurnool district. He represents Telugu Desam Party. He won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly ...

won the

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from

Pattikonda Assembly constituency Pattikonda Assembly constituency is a constituency in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh that elects represtatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Kurnool Lok Sabha constituency. ...

representing

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. He has two younger brothers K. E. Prabhakar and K. E. Prathap. He pursued M.A. from

Sri Venkateswara University Sri Venkateswara University (commonly referred as S. V. University or SVU) is a public state university located in Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, India. The university is named after Lord Venkateswara, whose shrine is located in the city. The un ...

and L.L.B. from

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. He is considered as a popular OBC Goud community leader of Andhra Pradesh.

Career

Following the footsteps of his father, who was the former MLA and MLC, Murthy entered politics after his father retired in 1978. He was elected as an MLA for the first time in 1978 from Dhone Assembly Constituency representing Indian National Congress. He got elected for a second term from the same constituency in 1983 again on

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Party ticket. He later resigned from Indian National Congress (INC) party and joined the Telugu Desam Party and won a third term as MLA from the same Dhone constituency in 1985 defeating

Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (16 August 1920 – 27 September 2001) served as the 9th chief minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh in 1983 and then from 1992 to 1994. Reddy was a member of the Indian National Congress and was elected ...

. Later, he had differences with former

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N. T. Rama Rao, and rejoined INC. He won as MLA for the fourth time from Dhone in 1989. He worked as a minister in both the cabinets of former

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of INC and

N. T. Rama Rao Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), often referred to by his initials NTR, was an Indian actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, film editor, philanthropist, and politician who served as the Chief Minister o ...

of TDP. In 1998, he once again resigned from INC and shifted to TDP under the leadership of

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and lost the

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by a small margin to

. However, he entered the Parliament of India in 1999 representing TDP from Kurnool, defeating

Reddy Reddy (also Hunterian transliteration, transliterated as Reddi or Raddi; also known as Reddiar or Reddappa) is a Telugu people, Telugu Hindu Caste system in India, caste predominantly found in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in Sou ...

this time. In parliament, he was a member of the Committee on Defence, and Committee on Public Undertakings. In 2004, he lost the Kurnool Lok Sabha constituency. He also served as Revenue, Stamps & Registration minister and was the Polit Bureau member of the TDP. In 2009, he won the

Assembly Constituency for the fifth time representing Telugu Desam Party. In 2013, he was appointed to AP Public Accounts Committee. Later in 2014, he shifted to

Pattikonda Assembly Constituency Pattikonda Assembly constituency is a constituency in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh that elects represtatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Kurnool Lok Sabha constituency. ...

and won as MLA for the sixth time in the

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. He became the Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and also held the Revenue, Stamps & Registration ministry.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Krishnamurthy, K. E. Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh Telugu Desam Party politicians 1938 births Living people Telugu politicians India MPs 1999–2004 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1978–1983 Deputy chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh Sri Venkateswara University alumni Politicians from Kurnool district Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh Third N. Chandrababu Naidu Cabinet (2014–2019) Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1983–1985 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1985–1989 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1989–1994 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2014–2019