Nagam Janardhan Reddy (born May 22, 1948) is an Indian politician. Reddy is a five-term member of the

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly ( Telugu: ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ శాసన సభ, ISO: ''Āndhra Pradēś Śāsana Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state, Andhra Pradesh. ...

, representing the

Nagarkurnool Nagarkurnool is a town and is the district headquarters of Nagarkurnool district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located at nearly 120 km from the state capital, Hyderabad. The town has a great history and it was a district headqua ...

constituency.

Political career

Nagam Janardhan Reddy started his political career with

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (TDP; ) is an Indian regional political party primarily active in the Federated state, states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was founded by Telugu cinema, Telugu matinée idol N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) on 29 March 1982 a ...

. He served as a

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from Nagarkurnool. He was the Minister of Health in the state of

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from the year 1995 to 2004. In the year 2011 he was suspended from the Telugu Desam Party for anti-party activities. He later immediately quit from the assembly in support of creation of a separate Telangana state. Later he floated a new political party 'Telangana Nagara Samithi' merged with

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

. In 2012 he again contested from the same constituency as an Independent candidate and was successful. In 2013 Reddy joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. In the year 2018 after quitting Bharatiya Janata Party he joined the

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 ...

Congress party. On October 31, 2023, he once more switched his affiliation to the BRS party led by KCR.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reddy, Nagam Janardhana Telugu politicians Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Telangana 1949 births Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Telangana Former members of Telugu Desam Party Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1985–1989 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1994–1999 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1999–2004 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014