Muddasani Damodar Reddy (died 9 April 2012) was an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. He was a

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(MLA) from Kamalapur Assembly constituency from

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and served as a Cabinet Minister in the governments of

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and

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Early life

Muddasani Damodar Reddy hailed from Mamidalapalli, Karimnagar district, Andhra Pradesh (now in Telangana). He married Malathi Reddy and has a son, Kashyap Reddy, who is also a politician.

Political career

Muddasani contested and won four consecutive times as the MLA of Kamalapur constituency to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on behalf of Telugu Desam Party (TDP). In 1985 election, he won against the incumbent MLA Ramachandra Reddy Madadi of

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. In

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, he won against Veera Reddy Lingampalli of Congress. In 1994 election, he won against Kethiri Sai Reddy of Congress. In 1999 election, he won against Arakula Veeresham of Congress. In the 2004 election, he lost to

Etela Rajender Etela Rajender (born 20 March 1964) is an Indian politician from Telangana. He served as the first Finance Minister of Telangana state from 2014 to 2018 and as the Health Minister of Telangana from 2019 to 2021. Etela represented Kamalapur ...

of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS). In 2009, the Kamalapur constituency was dissolved and merged with Huzurabad constituency. He later contested the 2010 by-polls for Huzurabad constituency and lost to

of TRS by a majority of 79,227 votes.

Death

Muddasani died on 9 April 2012 at

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, Hyderabad.

References

{{Reflist Year of birth missing 2012 deaths People from Karimnagar district Andhra Pradesh politicians Telangana politicians Telugu Desam Party politicians Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1985–1989 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1989–1994 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1994–1999 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1999–2004