Julakanti Ranga Reddy (born 24 October 1958) is an Indian politician and former

Member of Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...

for Miryalaguda Assembly Constituency, representing the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in term ...

. J Ranga Reddy has won in the Andhra Pradesh State Assembly Elections 2009 for CPI(M) in Miryalaguda Constituency.

Early life

Reddy was born on 24 October 1958 in Kothaguda village, Thipparthy Mandal in the

Nalgonda district Nalgonda district is a district in the Telangana state of India. Nalgonda district has the highest number of mandals in the state with 31 mandals. The district shares boundaries with Suryapet, Rangareddy, Yadadri and Nagarkurnool districts ...

in the Indian 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 married to J Sujatha and they have a son and a daughter.

Political career

He won the Miryalaguda Assembly constituency for three terms. He is the only CPI(M) member to win in the 2009 elections and was CPM's legislative leader. Reddy undertook an indefinite

hunger strike A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance in which participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke a feeling of guilt in others, usually with the objective to achieve a specific goal, such as a policy change. Most ...

at Nereducharla for inordinate delays in relaying the road line between

Neredcherla Nereducharla is a new municipality in Suryapet district of Telangana, India. It is located in Neredcherla mandal of Suryapet revenue division. It is about 38km from the district headquarters Suryapet Suryapet is a city in the Indian state ...

and

Janpahad Janpahad or Janapahad, is a small village in Palakeedu Mandal, Suryapet District, Telangana, India. It is located near state border with Andhra Pradesh, about 7 kilometres southeast of the mandal headquarters Palakeedu, and 45 kilometres sout ...

. Before launching the fast, he undertook a padayatra from Mahamkaligudem to Neredcherla, covering 26 km of the bumpy road."CPI(M) MLA begins hunger strike"
The Hindu. 2008-04-17.

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