Tammineni Veerabhadram (born 1954) is an Indian politician, belonging to the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electora ...

. As of December 2022, he is a Central Committee member of the party.

Early and personal life

Veerabhadram hails from

Khammam District Khammam district is a district in the eastern region of the Indian state of Telangana. The city of Khammam is the district headquarters. The district shares boundaries with Suryapet district, Suryapet, Mahabubabad district, Mahabubabad, Bhadra ...

.''Business Standard''.
CPM sets up separate committee for Telangana state
' His wife's name is Uma, son's name is Sangamithra and daughter's name Dr. Sruthi. He entered politics through activism in the

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Career

Veerabhadram contested the Khammam Lok Sabha seat in the

1991 Indian general election General elections were held in India on 20 May, 12 June and 15 June 1991 to elect the members of the 10th Lok Sabha, although they were delayed until 19 February 1992 in Punjab. No party could muster a majority in the Lok Sabha, resulting i ...

. He finished in second place with 310,268 votes (43.37% of the votes in the constituency). There was less than 1% margin between him and the winning candidate, P.V. Rangaiah Naidu of 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 ...

. He contested the Khammam seat again in the 1996 election and got elected to the

11th Lok Sabha The 11th Lok Sabha was constituted after April–May 1996 general elections. The result of the election was a hung parliament, which would see three Prime Ministers in two years and force the country back to the polls in 1998. Atal Bihari Vajpa ...

.Election Commission of India.
STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1996 TO THE ELEVENTH LOK SABHA – VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)
' He obtained 374,675 votes (42.82%), defeating P.V. Rangaiah Naidu. He lost the Khammam Lok Sabha seat in the 1998 election. Veerabhadram won 352,083 votes (39.01%), finishing in second place. He was the most voted CPI(M) candidate in the fray outside of the left strongholds

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and

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. Veerabhadram was elected to 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. ...

in the

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, standing as a candidate in the Khammam constituency. He obtained 46,505 votes. In the 2009 Legislative Assembly election, he contested the neighbouring Palair constituency instead, where he finished in second place with 58,889 votes (37.98%). As of 2011, he served as honorary president of the Khammam District unit of the Kulavivaksha Vyatireka Porata Sangham. When the CPI(M) decided to create a separate State Committee for Telangana in March 2014, following the passing of the Andhra Pradesh State Reorganisation Bill, Veerabhadram was elected as its Secretary.

Controversies

There have been accusations by his own party members who have been later expelled from his party. A book titled "Nippuku Chedalu" was published that narrates the controversial allegations on Tammineni Veerabhadram and his loyalists. This book has been instrumental and been used by the Congress and other opposition parties to attack the Communist Parties attributing them also to be corrupt.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Veerabhadram, Tammineni Living people Telugu politicians Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh India MPs 1996–1997 Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009 1954 births People from Khammam district