Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy
Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2023
Preceded byGampa Govardhan
ConstituencyKamareddy
Personal details
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations

Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy (born 1970) is an Indian politician and member of legislative assembly from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who represents Kamareddy constituency in the Telangana Legislative Assembly. In 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election he created History as he defeated both the incumbent Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao and the then to-be-elected Chief Minister Revanth Reddy.[1][2] He defeated his nearest rival, KCR, by 6741 votes.[3]

Personal life

Ramana Reddy is a businessperson. He dropped out of formal education after his Class 12.[4] His father, Katipally Raji Reddy, was a Kamareddy panchayat samiti president.[5]

Career

Reddy worked as a member of Zilla Parishad Territorial Council in the undivided Nizamabad district in 2004 and went on to become ZP chairman.[1] Earlier, he worked in Indian National Congress and Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (YSR), then chief minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh passed away, he joined TRS, now renamed as BRS. Before the 2018 elections he joined BJP and contested as MLA but finished a distant third.[6] In the recent years, he is credited with taking up local issues.[7] His donations and support in supplying building materials for the construction of temples in the constituency is said to be one of the reasons that helped him gain a voter base. He also spearheaded the agitation to oppose the 'Master Plan' for Kamareddy that was mooted by the then BRS government.[3][8]

In the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election he ran as Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for the Kamareddy seat. He defeated both Bharat Rashtra Samithi's incumbent Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao, and INC stalwart Revanth Reddy.[9][10][11] BJP is winning in Kamareddy for the first-time MLA.[12]

In an affidavit filed to the Election Commission of India, he declared assets amounting to ₹49 crore (US$6.1 million).[13]

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2023

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2023: Kamareddy (Assembly constituency)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP K. V. Ramana Reddy 66,652 34.55
BRS Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao 59,911 31.06
INC Anumula Revanth Reddy 54,916 28.47
Independent Ravi Nayak Bhukya 1,823 0.95
BSP Udthawar Suresh Goud 1,201 0.62
Independent Rajagiri Santhosh Reddy 736 0.38
Independent Akula Hareesh 534 0.28
Praja Sena Party Akula Hanmandlu 484 0.25
NOTA None of the Above 474 0.25
Majority 6,741 3.49
Turnout 1,92,889
BJP gain from BRS Swing

References

  1. 1 2 "BJP's 'giant-killer' who beat Revanth Reddy, KCR in Telangana: Who is Katipally Ramana Reddy?". Hindustan Times. 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  2. ↑ "Giant-killer beats CM, CM-hopeful". The Times of India. 2023-12-04. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  3. 1 2 "Meet Venkata Ramana Reddy, BJP's giant killer who defeated CM KCR in Telangana Assembly Election 2023". DNA India. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  4. ↑ "Who is Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy, Giant-Killer Who Beat KCR and Revanth Reddy in Telangana?". News18. 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  5. ↑ Pulloor, Narender (2023-12-03). "Giant-killer Ramana Reddy slays KCR, Revanth". www.deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  6. ↑ "Who is Telangana BJP's 'double giant killer' Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy". The Indian Express. 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  7. ↑ Reddy, Ravi (2023-12-03). "Telangana Assembly elections 2023 results | BJP first-timer humbles CM KCR, Congress Chief Revanth in Kamareddy". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  8. ↑ "BJP's Venkata Ramana Reddy the giant killer of Telangana assembly election". The Week. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  9. ↑ "Ramana Reddy: Meet BJP's Bahubali giant slayer who defeated both KCR & the 'future Telangana CM'". The Economic Times. 2023-12-04. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  10. ↑ "Wake-up call for Oppn ahead of LS polls: BJP bags MP, Raj, C'garh". NEWS TRAIL. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  11. ↑ "Meet The Man Who Defeated Both The Sitting CM Of Telangana, KCR & Congress CM Candidate, Revanth". Business Today. 2023-12-04. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  12. ↑ "Telangana's 'Giant Killer': Tough Road Ahead". M9.news. 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  13. ↑ "KVR is Telangana BJP's giants-slayer, defeats outgoing and incoming chief ministers". India Today. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
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