Jogi Ramesh is an Indian politician from the state of

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 ...

. He is a former

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(MLA). He represented Pedana Constituency in 2019 and on 11 April 2022 sworn in as the Minister in the

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2.0 cabinet.

Early life

Jogi Ramesh was born in 1970 in

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, Krishna district (now

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) to Jogi Mohan Rao and Pushpavati. He has completed BSc from National College,

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in 1989. Jogi Ramesh is a member of the

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community and was at the forefront of the movement for the development of the BCs in the district.

Political career

Jogi Ramesh was active in politics in the Youth Congress wing from college days. He served as the President of

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Youth Congress, Railway Board member, Satavahana RTC regional zonal chairman. Jogi Ramesh contested as a

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candidate from

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in 2009 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections and won against the

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candidate Kagitha Venkat Rao for the first time as an MLA with a majority of 1,192 votes. He later joined the

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in 2013, and served as the State Spokesperson for the Party. He contested 2014 Assembly Elections from

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from YSRCP and lost to

candidate

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. In 2019 Assembly Elections he contested again from

as YSRCP candidate and defeated TDP candidate Kagitha Krishna Prasad by a majority of 7,839 votes. Jogi Ramesh was inducted into Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy's Cabinet on 11 April 2022. Ramesh contested

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from Penamaluru Assembly constituency representing

. He was defeated by

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with a margin of 59,915 votes.https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/story/penamaluru-andhra-pradesh-assembly-election-results-2024-live-updates-2548271-2024-06-04

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jogi, Ramesh Living people YSR Congress Party politicians Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh People from Krishna district Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024 1970 births