Gangapuram Kishan Reddy (born 15 June 1960) is an Indian

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who is currently serving as

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and Development of North Eastern Region of India. He is a member of the

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(BJP). He is an MP representing

Secunderabad (Lok Sabha constituency) Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Telangana state in southern India. Vidhan Sabha segments Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following Legislative A ...

since 2019. He served as the floor leader of the BJP in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2009 and gave it up after being elected as the state BJP president of erstwhile

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

Early life

Gangapuram Kishan Reddy, was born in Timmapur village in Rangareddy district of

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to G. Swamy Reddy and Andalamma. He did a diploma in tool design from CITD.

Political career

Reddy started his political career as a youth leader of the Janta Party in 1977. Once the BJP was formed in 1980, he joined the party full time. He became the state treasurer of the state Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Andhra Pradesh. From 1982 to 1983 he was

Andhra Pradesh Yuva Morcha State Treasurer From 1983 to 1984 he was

State Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Andhra Pradesh Reddy started his career as a youth leader. He was elected as National President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha from 2002 to 2005. He was elected as an MLA from Himayatnagar constituency in 2004 and was elected again in 2009 & 2014 to the Amberpet assembly constituency with a majority of over 27,000 votes. From 1986 to 1990 he was the State President, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Andhra Pradesh From 1990 to 1992 he was the National Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha & In-charge of the

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From 1992 to 1994 he was the National Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha From 1994 to 2001 he was the National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha From 2001 to 2002 he was the State Treasurer, State Spokesperson & Head Quarter Incharge of

, Andhra Pradesh From 2002 to 2004 he was the National President of the

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From 2004 to 2005 he was the State GS and official spokesperson, BJP Andhra Pradesh

MLA

He was unanimously elected as the Telangana BJP president succeeding Bandaru Dattatreya. Between 2004 and 2009 he was the MLA, Himayatnagar Constituency, Floor Leader of BJP in State Assembly From 2009 to 2014 He was the MLA, Amberpet Assembly Constituency, Floor Leader of BJP in State Assembly Reddy, began the 22-day Telangana "Poru Yatra"– a journey through 986 villages and 88 assembly constituencies stressing the need for a stance on Telangana state – on 19 January. From 2010 to 2014, he was the BJP State President of the Andhra Pradesh. From 2014 to 2016, he was the BJP State President of the Telangana From 2014 to 2018 he was the MLA, Amberpet Assembly Constituency From 2016 to 2018 he was the Floor Leader, State Assembly Telangana

Union Minister

From 2019 he was the MP

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Secunderabad Constituency On 30 May 2019, he was sworn in as Union Minister of State (MoS) for

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in the Government of India. From 2019 to 2021

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for

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(Served along with

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) Considering the increase in demand for local public transport, he wrote a letter to the chief minister of

K. Chandrashekar Rao Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (born 17 February 1954), often referred to by his initials KCR, is an Indian politician serving as the first and current Chief Minister of Telangana since 2 June 2014. He is the founder and leader of the Bharat Ras ...

, urging him to resume MMTS services in the city. From 2021 he is the

, Minister of Culture and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region,

On 18 June 2022, the union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy explaining the training process of

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at a press conference, stated that the people selected as Agniveers would be given training for the "skills of drivers, washermen, barbers, electricians and other professionals". The video clip of the remark became

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. Reddy said that there would be drivers, electricians, barbers and thousands other posts and people selected under this scheme, would be helpful in those jobs. A reporter noted that Skill Development Corporations was already established to train youth with different skills, Reddy answered that such skills would be imparted in Agnipath scheme as well.

References

External links

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