Bandi Sanjay Kumar (born 11 July 1971) is an Indian politician who is a

Member of the Lok Sabha A Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha (abbreviated: MP) is the representative of a legislative constituency in the Lok Sabha; the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of parliament of Lok Sabha are chosen by direct elections on t ...

, the lower house of the

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, representing the

Karimnagar Karimnagar is also known as Elagandula (Ancient name) is a city and District Headquarters in the Indian state of Telangana. Karimnagar is a major urban agglomeration and fifth largest City in the state. It is governed by Municipal corporation a ...

constituency since 2019. In 2020, he was appointed the state president of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Telangana. He is a board member of the

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bibinagar All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bibinagar (AIIMS Bibinagar) is a public medical college and hospital based in Bibinagar, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Telangana, India, and one of the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMSs). It is on ...

, Hyderabad, Telangana.

Early life and education

Bandi was born on 11 July 1971 to B. Narsayya and B. Sakuntala. He completed his secondary schooling at Sri Saraswathi Shishumandir Unnata paathashaala, in

, in 1986. Bandi was also active in the

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as a youth, joining the organization at the age of twelve.

Family

Bandi has 2 sons. His eldest son, Bandi Sai Bhageerath, was involved in a viral criminal case in January 2023 in which he was accused of assaulting a fellow student at his university. Bageerath was later released on bail.

Political career

Bandi was involved with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, eventually became town president and a state executive member of the organization. He also occupied leadership positions in this organization, becoming "town secretary, town president, national secretary of

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and incharge of

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." In 1996, during BJP leader

LK Advani Lal Krishna Advani (born 8 November 1927) is an Indian politician who served as the 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004. Advani is one of the co-founders and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a longtime memb ...

's ''Suraj Rath Yatra,'' in which he campaigned across India for 35 days, Bandi was responsible for "ensuring seamless functioning of ...Advani's yatra." Bandi was elected a municipal corporator for Karimnagar's 48th division in 2005, and served in this role until his resignation in 2019, when he was elected to the Lok Sabha. Bandi was also fielded by the BJP in 2014 and 2018 as its candidate for the state assembly elections; he contested the

seat both times. He was, however, unsuccessful in both elections, and lost to the Telangana Rashtra Samiti's

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. In the 2019 Indian general election, Bandi was fielded by the BJP from the Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency. He contested against the incumbent Member of Parliament, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti's B. Vinod Kumar, and the

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. Bandi was elected by a margin of 89,508 votes. His election was considered something of a surprise due to the BJP's prior lack of significant strength in Telangana, as well as the fact that both his major opponents were politically well-established. With his election to the Lok Sabha, Bandi became one of four Bharatiya Janata Party MPs from Telangana, a historic first for the party. In addition to his position as an MP, Bandi serves as the president of the Telangana state unit of the BJP.

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
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