Konathala Ramakrishna (born 4 January 1957) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is a two-time Member of Parliament and also a former MLA from Anakapalli Constituency and a minister in the late Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy government.

Early life and education

Ramakrishna was born in

Anakapalli Anakapalli is a city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Anakapalli district. The municipality was merged with the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation. It has the second largest jaggery market of the coun ...

in a business family of Gavara Naidu community. His father is Konathala Venkat Rao.

Career

Ramakrishna started his political career with Indian National Congress in 1982. In 1989, he contested as an MP candidate of Congress from Anakapalli Parliamentary Constituency and won by a slender margin of 9 votes defeating Telugu Desam Party candidate P. Appalanarasimham. He retained the MP seat for Congress defeating the same candidate in 1991. However, he lost the same seat in the

1996 Indian General Election in Andhra Pradesh The 1996 Indian general election polls in United Andhra Pradesh were held for 42 seats in the state. The result was a victory for the Indian National Congress which won 22 out of 42 seats. This was the first election contested by the TDP since ...

. In the

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he won as a Congress candidate against Dadi Veerabhadra Rao of Telugu Desam Party. He was the Minister for Commercial Taxes in the late

Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy (8 July 1949 – 2 September 2009), popularly known as YSR, was the List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh, 14th chief minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, serving from 2004 to 2009. Reddy wa ...

government from 2004 to 2009. In 2009, he lost the MLA seat to Ganta Srinivasa Rao of Praja Rajyam Party. After the death of former Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy, he joined YSR Congress Party and supported Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. But later, he quit the party. In June 2016, he staged a dharna to demand funds for the Babu Jagjeevanram Uttarandhra Sujala Sravanthi irrigation project. He is nominated to contest the

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from Anakapalli Constituency on Jana Sena Party which he joined in January 2024. Thus, he joined his long-time political rival Dadi Veerabhadra Rao in the three-party political alliance of Telugu Desam, BJP and Jana Sena, and vowed to defeat YSRCP. He said that they were only political rivals but always had good relationship outside politics. However, many TDP cadre were unhappy that a turncoat was given the seat.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramakrishna, Konathala Living people Telugu people Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009 1957 births Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh India MPs 1989–1991 Indian National Congress politicians Telugu Desam Party politicians Jana Sena Party politicians