Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu (23 February 1957 – 2 November 2012) was an Indian politician.

Early life

Yerran Naidu was born on 23 February 1957, in a farmer's family in Nimmada, a remote village in the

Srikakulam Srikakulam is a city and the headquarters of Srikakulam district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. census,. it has a population of 165,735. There are many other places of Buddhist Tourism such as Salihundam, Kalinga Patnam, Dabbaka Vaa ...

district of north coastal Andhra. He has a brother,

Kinjarapu Atchannaidu Kinjarapu Atchannaidu is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is serving as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing the Tekkali constituency from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) since 2014. He is the chief of TDP for th ...

, who is also a politician. He has a son

Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu is an Indian politician and a Member of parliament to the 17th Lok Sabha from Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency, Andhra Pradesh. He won the Indian general election, 2014 and 2019 as a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candid ...

, who is also a politician.

Career

Naidu obtained a law degree with first division from the

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, and joined the

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(TDP) in 1982 when it was formed by popular

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actor

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. In 1983, Naidu was elected to the state assembly from Harishchandrapuram in his native district at the age of 25, becoming one of the youngest

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(MLA). He was re-elected in 1985. Denied a TDP ticket in 1989, he fought as an independent and was re-elected to the assembly. He later returned to the party fold and was elected for the fourth consecutive term in 1994. He backed N. Chandrababu Naidu when the latter led a revolt against N.T. Rama Rao and became a minister in 1995. He was the Government Chief Whip from 1995 to 1996. Popularly known as Yeranna among TDP circles, Naidu was fielded by the party in the

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. Elected to the

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from the

constituency, he emerged as a key TDP leader in national politics. With the TDP joining the United Front Government, Naidu became a minister at the centre, holding the portfolio of Rural Development and Employment. He retained the Lok Sabha seat in the 1998 and 1999 elections. Two days before polling in the 2004 elections, he survived an assassination bid by Naxalites (

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Communists) who attempted to bomb his vehicle in

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town in Srikakulam district. Re-elected to parliament, he was made the party leader in the Lok Sabha. In the 2009 elections, Naidu was defeated by the Congress party's Killi Krupa Rani, who was inducted into the Union ministry on 28 October 2012.

Death

Naidu died from a heart attack after a car accident in his native district Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh around 2:00 am of 2 November 2012 while returning from a marriage ceremony at Visakhapatnam.The incident took place when a car in which he was travelling hit an oil tanker from behind near Ranasthalam in Srikakulam district in north coastal Andhra, about 25 km from

. A severely-injured Naidu was transported to Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) in Srikakulam town, where the doctors' efforts to resuscitate him failed. He was declared dead around 3:30 am.TDP's Yerran Naidu dies in road accident

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
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