Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy (Karaṇaṁ Balarām Kr̥ṣṇa Mūrti), (born 31 October 1946) is an Indian politician in the state of

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. He was born in Thimmasamudram village of

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. He was elected as MLC under MLA quota on 6 March 2017. In 2019 General elections he won as MLA from Chirala constituency with a majority of 17,912 votes.

Politics

A long-timer in the

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, he became known for rescuing the then AICC chief

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from a public attack, when she was touring the area in 1977 after a split in the Congress. She called him as her third son. Indira Gandhi fielded him from

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as Congress nominee in the 1978 elections, which was his electoral debut. When he was held in lockup on some of the charges, the police was surprised to see the turnout of people visiting him.

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who was a politician by then promised the people of Thimmasamudram that he will look into it.

Positions held

* 1978–83, 1985–94 & 2004–09, 2019–incumbent – Member,

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(5 terms) * 1999 – Elected to

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* 1999–2000 – Member, Committee on Communications,

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* 2017 – 2019 – Member,

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Controversies

Apart from being the accused in several cases from unlawful assembly, murder etc., he was suspended from the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for 6 months on charges of making ‘objectionable’ remarks against the then

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Speaker K. R. Suresh Reddy. The Committee on Privileges of the Assembly was chaired by his former rival Gade Venkat Reddy of the then ruling

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party. Garataiah was allegedly upset over being denied the

assembly ticket in the 2009 elections. On July 9, 2019, Amanchi Krishna Mohan filed a petition in the High Court seeking the disqualification of Karanam Balaram's victory in 2019 Assembly Election. Amanchi further alleged that Karanam Balaram has given false information regarding his personal life in the election affidavit.

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Telugu Desam party

Karanam Balaram

Andhra Pradesh government

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Murthy, Karanam Balaram Krishna Telugu politicians Living people 1946 births India MPs 1999–2004 Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh Telugu Desam Party politicians Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh People from Prakasam district Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024

Politics

Positions held

Controversies

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