Mogaligundla Baga Reddy (born 17 June 1930) was an Indian politician who served as a

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for four terms and as a member of Andhra Pradesh Legislature seven times.Link to official parliament site
/ref> He was the speaker of the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly for a period of one month and a cabinet minister. He served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1983 to 1989.

Early life and political career

Reddy was born on 17 June 1930 in the village of Malchalma,

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. Born into an agriculture based family, he completed his secondary education in Bidar (Karnataka) and went on to complete his B.A. L.L.B. from

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in Hyderabad. He campaigned for

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in Medak district where she was elected as the prime minister of India in the 1980s. He was first elected to the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly on the Congress party ticket at an age of 26 from the Zaheerabad constituency in Medak District. Since then he has been voted back to the assembly seven consecutive times. He retained his assembly seat in both 1983 and 1985 assembly elections despite there being a wave of N.T. Rama Rao's Telugu Desam Party. Reddy, held key portfolios such as Panchayati Raj, Major Industries and Revenue between 1978 and 1983 when

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was the Chief Minister of the state. From 1989 to 1999 he served as the member of Lok Sabha from Medak constituency for four consecutive terms on Indian National Congress ticket. In 1999 Reddy lost his seat to Ale Narendra of Bharatiya Janata Party.

References

1930 births Possibly living people Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh India MPs 1989–1991 India MPs 1991–1996 India MPs 1996–1997 India MPs 1998–1999 Telugu politicians Telangana politicians Osmania University alumni Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1957–1962 Speakers of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly State cabinet ministers of Andhra Pradesh People from Medak district Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh Leaders of the Opposition in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1962–1967 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1967–1972 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1972–1978 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1978–1983 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1983–1985 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1985–1989 {{AndhraPradesh-INC-politician-stub