Koppula Eshwar is an Indian politician serving as the Minister of All Welfare Departments, BC Welfare in

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 3 ...

. He belongs to

Telangana Rashtra Samithi Bharat Rashtra Samithi ( ; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana. It was founded on 27 April 2001 as by K. Chandrashekar Rao, with a sing ...

. He won as a Member of Legislative Assembly (M.L.A.) from Dharmapuri constituency in Karimnagar assembly constituency.

Life

Eshwar was born in Kummarikunta village of Julapalli Mandal,

Karimnagar district Karimnagar district is one of the 33 districts of the Indian state of Telangana. Karimnagar city is its administrative headquarters. The district shares boundaries with Peddapalli, Jagityal, Sircilla, Siddipet, Jangaon, Hanamkonda district an ...

in a Scheduled caste community.Dalit MLA backs K Chandrasekhar Rao as CM of Telangana
/ref> His mother is Mallamma and father Lingaiah.

Political career

Koppula Eshwar was born on April 20, 1959 and is a Graduate in Arts. A six time MLA from Karimnagar district, he started his political career in

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (; TDP) is an Indian regional political party operating in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at the state and central level. Since its founding by N. T. Rama Rao (often referred to as NTR) on 29 March 1982, the party has fo ...

in 1994 and continued as MLA from Medaram Assembly constituency and later from Dharmapuri Assembly constituency. He joined TRS in 2001 and actively participated in Telangana agitation. He was elected MLA from Medaram constituency in 2004 after Mathang Narsaiah retired. He was reelected in 2008 from Medaram, 2009 in general elections, and 2010 by elections from Dharmapuri. He worked in Singareni Collieries Company Limited for 26 years and served as Government Chief Whip from 2014 to 2018.

Positions held

Political statistics

Koppula Eshwar contested as Member of Legislative Assembly from Medaram and Darmapuri (Assembly constituency).

References

Telangana Rashtra Samithi politicians Living people People from Karimnagar Telangana MLAs 2014–2018 Telangana MLAs 2018–2023 1959 births {{Telangana-TRS-politician-stub