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, by a margin of 26,090 votes. He played an important role during the late 2000s Telangana Separate State Movement spearheaded by now-CM, K.Chandrashekar Rao, conducting a 48 km Telangana Saadhana Padyatra and subsequently spending 45 days in judicial custody.

Early life

Korukanti Chandar was born on 23 September 1972, the second child of Lakshmi and Mallaiah. He is an MA Political Science graduate.

Political life

He was the general Secretary of the Telugu Yuvatha in Godavarikhani between 1993 and 1997 and later in Ramagundam from 1997-99. He joined the

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in 2001 upon

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's advice and soon took up the reins of spearheading the separate state movement in Ramagundam and surrounding districts.

References

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