Janardhan Reddy Nagam
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Dr. Nagam Janardhana Reddy (born May 22, 1948) is an Indian politician. He is the Deputy Leader in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly and M.L.A. from Nagar Kurnool constituency. He was the Minister of Andhra Pradesh from 1995 to 2004.
. He held various positions of office in his college and organised a number of social activities.
. He is unofficially considered as No 2 in TDP after the party president Chandra Babuu Naidu
He is currently suspended from the Telugu Desam Party.
ever since the TDP resolution in support of Telangana. He is also the convenor of the Telangana TDP forum. Nagam is also staunch loyalist of Chandrababu Naidu.
Early Life
Nagam Janardhan Reddy was born in Nagar Kurnool town of Mahabubnagar to Nagam Venkata Reddy and Narayanamma. He completed his medical education, M.B.B.S. at Osmania Medical CollegeOsmania Medical College
Osmania Medical College originally Hyderabad Medical College is a medical school in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was founded in 1846 as the Hyderabad Medical School making it one of the oldest medical schools in the world. It is presently affiliated to the NTR University of Health...
. He held various positions of office in his college and organised a number of social activities.
Political Career
He was first elected as an MLA, from Nagar Kurnool constituency in 1978. He was elected as M.L.A for 6 terms. He was a Politburo member of the Telugu Desam PartyTelugu Desam Party
Telugu Desam Party or TDP is a regional political party in India's Andhra Pradesh state. It was founded by former Telugu film star N. T...
. He is unofficially considered as No 2 in TDP after the party president Chandra Babuu Naidu
He is currently suspended from the Telugu Desam Party.
Telangana cause
Nagam Janardhan Reddy, as part of the TDP stand has been strongly supporting separate statehood for TelanganaTelangana
Telangana is a region in the present state of Andhra Pradesh, India and formerly was part of Hyderabad state which was ruled by Nizam. It is bordered with the states of Maharashtra on the north and north-west, Karnataka on the west, Chattisgarh on the north-east and Orissa to the east...
ever since the TDP resolution in support of Telangana. He is also the convenor of the Telangana TDP forum. Nagam is also staunch loyalist of Chandrababu Naidu.
Suspension from TDP
He was suspended from the TDP on May 25th 2011. He worked for TDP for more than 30 years. He raised his voice for a separate Telangana state. All the political parties in the telangana region are fighting for the cause of telangana state with their party flags. However Nagam is keen on protesting for telanagana without TDP party flag. This is the main reason he was suspended.Personal life
Nagam Janardhan Reddy is married to Suguna and they have two sons and a daughter, N. Dinakar Reddy, Dr. N Shashidhar Reddy and Dr. Pallavi, a radiologist.Positions held
- Chairman, Public Accounts Committee, Government of Andhra Pradesh
- Minister for Medicine and Health, Family Welfare, and Prohibition
- Chairman of District Chest Diseases, and is the chartered President of Lions Club