Muddasani Kodandaram Reddy (b. 5 September 1955) (popularly known as Prof. Kodandaram) is an Indian Activist, Professor (Retd., Political Science) and a Politician. He founded the political party

Telangana Jana Samithi Telangana Jana Samithi, abbreviated as TJS, is an Indian regional political party predominantly based in the state of Telangana, India founded by Telangana activist, M. Kodandaram. He was also the chairman of all-party TJAC, Telangana Joint Acti ...

(TJS) in March 2018. He was also the Chairman of Telangana Joint Action Committee (T-JAC), which was formed with the goal of achieving a separate

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state. He retired as Professor of Political Science from

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in Hyderabad.

Early life

Muddasani Kodandaram was born on 5 September 1955 to M. Venkatamma and M. Janardhan Reddy, a farmer from Nennel,

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in the state of

. His birthday aptly coincides with

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in India. He has five sisters and a brother. He married Muddasani Susheela on 30 March 1983.

Telangana movement

In the last 35 years, Prof. Kodandaram has founded and worked with many organizations that have laid the foundation for the creation of the state of Telangana. Some notable organizations and events he was a part of were Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee (APCLC), Human Rights Forum (HRF), Center for World Solidarity (CWS), World Social Forum and Telangana Vidyavanthula Vedika (TVV). He was also appointed as Advisor to Commissioner of Supreme Court where he worked on food security issue in India. He was also an activist on

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displacement issues in Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh, India. Prof. Kodandaram was responsible for High Court issuing a stay order to State Government to temporarily halt the Polavaram project. He directly worked with many prominent Telangana activists including late Prof. Jaya Shankar. As TVV was instrumental in uniting all organizations and laying foundation for separate Telangana movement, its key member, Prof. Kodandaram, was ideal to lead the Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC). TJAC, formed in December 2009 with Prof. Kodandaram as its convener went on to unite all political and non-political organizations under one roof and was responsible for creation of Telangana. During Telangana movement, TJAC was responsible for some of the biggest political gatherings in history with successful programs like Sahaya Nirakarana, Million March, Vanta Vaarpu, Sakala Janula Samme, Sagara Haaram and Chal

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Hyderabad.

Telangana Jana Samithi

He started his political party, TJS

in March 2018

Awards

* World Peace Festival Award 2014 (Shanti Dootha Award).

References

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