Aredla Jagadeeshwar Reddy, popularly known as Jagga Reddy, is an Indian politician who is the current Working President of

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (or Telangana PCC) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress (INC) in the state of Telangana, India. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within ...

since 28 June 2021. He is the current Member of

Telangana Legislative Assembly The Telangana Legislative Assembly or Telangana Śāsana Sabha is the lower house of the Telangana Legislature. The Legislative Assembly of Telangana currently consists of 119 elected members and 1 nominated member from the Anglo-Indian communi ...

for Sangareddy constituency.

Political career

He started career as a councilor in BJP and then became municipal chairman. He won as TRS MLA in 2004, left the party to join the Congress. He was re-elected in 2009, but had lost in 2014. He contested 2014 by poll from

Medak (Lok Sabha constituency) Medak Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Telangana state in southern India. Kotha Prabhakar Reddy of Telangana Rashtra Samithi is representing the constituency for the first time. ...

being BJP candidate and lost. He again joined Congress in 2015.

Allegations

In September 2018 he was detained on charges of impersonation, forgery, cheating and human trafficking on allegations that Reddy in 2004 trafficked three persons from

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to the United States using passports secured on the names of his wife, daughter and son.

References

Living people 1966 births Telangana politicians People from Sangareddy district Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Telangana Indian National Congress politicians from Telangana Telangana Rashtra Samithi politicians Telangana MLAs 2018–2023 {{Telangana-TRS-politician-stub