Sudini Jaipal Reddy (16 January 1942 – 28 July 2019) was an Indian politician who was the Member of Parliament in the

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of India for five terms. He represented the

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constituency of

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and was a member of the

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. He served as a Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting in the I. K. Gujral cabinet in 1998. In 1999 he returned to Indian National Congress after 21 years. In 2004 he was re-elected to

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from

Miryalaguda Lok Sabha Constituency Miryalaguda, Miryalguda was a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency of Andhra Pradesh till 2008. Members of Parliament Election results 2004 See also * Miryalguda * List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha References

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and then he served as a Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Union Minister for

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in the

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-1. In 2009 he was re-elected to the

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from the

constituency and served as a Union Minister for

and Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas. He was the Union Minister for the

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and the Ministry of Science and Technology from 29 October 2012 to 18 May 2014.

Personal life

Reddy was born in Nermatta, a village in Chandur Mandal in Nalgonda District in Telangana State but is actually from Madgula, Mahabub Nagar district ( now Ranga Reddy Dist.) in Telangana. He had been

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-stricken since he was 18-months old, and used crutches to walk. He had an

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from the

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. He had been an agriculturist. He married Lakshmi on 7 May 1960. The couple had two sons and one daughter.

Career

Reddy was a student leader during his college life and in 1970s he joined the

. He became an MLA of

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in Andhra Pradesh. Reddy was an MLA of

between 1969 and 1984, a constituency in Andhra Pradesh for four terms. He quit his membership of the Congress Party to protest against the

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and joined the

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in 1977 and later on its splinter

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. He was the general secretary of the Janata Party from 1985 to 1988. He was elected to the

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in 1984 from

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. He rejoined the Congress Party in 1999 and was elected to the 14th in 2004 from

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constituency and the 15th in 2009 from Chavella. He was also a member of the

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on two occasions, 1990–1996 and 1997–1998. He also held the position of leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha for a year from June 1991 to June 1992.He served as the minister for Information and Broadcasting in the

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on two occasions: in 1997–1998 under I. K. Gujral and from 2004 under Manmohan Singh with additional responsibility for Culture. He also served as the minister for Urban Development and Petroleum and Natural Gas. He acted as the spokesman for several parties of which he has been a member and was awarded the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award in 1998. He was the first from South India and the youngest parliamentarian to achieve this award.

Removal from the Oil Ministry

The last cabinet reshuffle of the UPA-II government took place on 28 October 2012. Reddy was shifted from his current ministry to the Science and Technology ministry after he differed on the gas allocation to Reliance and his refusal to accept demands of Reliance. The oil ministry had imposed a fine of 7000 Rs. crores on Mukesh Ambani's company for the sharp drop in production of gas and violations mentioned in CAG's 2011 report. Further, the oil ministry did not approve company's US$7.2 billion stake in deal with BP. Opposition parties including the

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, SP, and AAP said that he was removed owing to alleged pressure from the corporate houses, particularly from the Reliance group of Industries. However he refuted the claims and said that he needed to understand the new portfolio.''The Times of India'': Latest News India, World & Business News, Cricket & Sports, Bollywood
Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved on 21 May 2014.

Death

Reddy died on 28 July 2019 at AIG Hospital, Gachibowli in Hyderabad of pneumonia.

References

External links

* ttp://www.the-week.com/25mar27/rajpath_home.htm Small column titled ''Harsh Reality''br>Detailed Profile: Jaipal Sudini Reddy
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