Asannagari Jeevan Reddy
| Asannagari Jeevan Reddy | |
|---|---|
 Jeevan Reddy with Governor E. S. L. Narasimhan and Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao | |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly | |
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Assumed office 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Aleti Annapurnamma |
| Constituency | Armoor |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 March 1976 Armoor, Nizamabad, Telangana, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Telangana Rashtra Samithi |
| Spouse(s) | A Rajitha Reddy |
| Children | 2 Daughters |
| Residence | Armoor, India |
| Alma mater | Osmania University |
| Profession |
Politician Lawyer Businessman Social worker |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Website | http://www.jeevanreddytrs.com/ |
Asannagari Jeevan Reddy is an Indian Politician and a member of the Legislative Assembly from Armur (Assembly constituency), Telangana. He won the Indian general election, 2014 being a Telangana Rashtra Samithi candidate from Armoor.[1]
He was the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, Indian general election, 2014 first declared MLA candidate on May 13, 2014, the auspicious day of Akshaya Tritiya for Armur (Assembly constituency). In the same election Telangana Rashtra Samithi went on to win its highest number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of the newly formed state Telangana and thereby formed the government. [2]
Early life
Shri Asannagari Jeevan Reddy was born in a middle class agricultural family with political background in Jankampet village of Nizamabad district of Telangana to Venkat Rajanna, who was Village Upasarpanch(Congress). He graduated from Osmania University with L.L.B. He is also a member of the Bar Council of Nizamabad. His Uncle, Late Yalla Ramulu was M.P.P in Armoor, Nizamabad District (Congress).[3]
Political career
Jeevan Reddy was announced as the first Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLA Candidate for the Indian general elections, 2014 from Armoor assembly constituency. Jeevan Reddy won with a majority of around 13,000 votes over K R Suresh Reddy of Indian National Congress and the party went on to form its first Government by winning 73 of the 119 seats under the leadership of Hon'ble Chief Minister of Telangana Shri Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao Garu.
He was a part of the five member delegation to Singapore and Malaysia the first ever foreign visit of Hon'ble Chief Minister of Telangana Shri Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao Garu, Telangana Finance Minister Shri Etela Rajendar Garu and few other MLA's.He also visited Kerala State,Tiruvanantpuram Mandal to study the organisational structure of ISO certified Gram Panchayats with K. T. Rama Rao.He has also taken an active part with the party leaders in Delhi during the Parliament Sessions of the introduction of the Telangana Bill.
He is a well known speaker on behalf of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi & has attended numerous debates & live discussions on almost every popular news channel to speak on behalf of the Telangana Government.
Constituency development
He is the first MLA in Telangana and among most Indian states to implement a 24/7 toll free number 18604252525 for the people of his constituency & he constantly keeps in touch with his people through various social networking media such as Facebook,Twitter etc.In a short span of 3 months after coming to power he has started a prestigious drinking water project from Pochampadu to Armoor as promised by him during his election campaign & was inaugurated by Hon'ble Chief Minister Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao Garu.He has also made the Government to sanction Rs11.5 Crore dues to Red Jowar Farmers which have been pending for more than a decade.Under his term Armoor has been marked as a revenue division of Nizamabad District which also has been a long waited demand for the people of his constituency.
Within a short span of six months after swearing in he has been responsible for a vast range of development programs in his constituency which include drinking water pipeline worth Rs.400 Crore inaugurated by Hon'ble Chief Minister of Telangana Shri Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao Garu his first ever visit to any constituency after forming the Government & his first ever project as a part of Telangana water grid scheme.Ironically he is also the first declared MLA Candidate for the party and his constituency is the first to be visited after Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao Garu has become the Chief Minister of Telangana & he is also the part of KCR Garus first ever foreign visit.
Separate community halls for the people of 13 different castes, Two wheelers to the fishermen, Super fine rice mid day meal to the hostel students, Loan waiver to 8,000 plus agriculture families, Ration Cards to 22,000 plus families, Pension of Rs.1000 to widows & Rs.1500 to handicapped, 6 kg Rice per person in a family for a subsidiced price to white ration card holders, Construction of CC Roads of 300 km length.
Sanction of bridge above Godavari River connecting Nizamabad District's Nandipet Mandal of Armoor with Adilabad District worth Rs.90 Crore which is on demand for more than 4 decades now has been fulfilled by him.Sanction of Rs.11.5 Crore due for more than a decade to red jowar farmers from previous governments, Sanction of 100 Beded Hospital to Armoor,Sanction of Turmeric Board for the welfare of the Turmeric Farmers of his constituency and Nizamabad district for which he has carried out a 60-kilometre padayatra during 2009, Encouraging establishment of several shopping malls & restaurants in his constituency as a part of urbanisation and so on.
Hon'ble Chief Minister of Telangana Shri Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao Garu has visited Ankapoor Village of Armoor constituency, his first ever visit to any village after forming the Government. Ankapoor which is a model village for agriculture has several specialities like Country Chicken & has esteemed agriculture families growing Turmeric and Tobacco. He has made many significant contributions for the development of this village and make it useful to other villages by implementation of advanced techniques including usage of drones in vast stretches of agricultural land to study the nature of the soil and its fertility.
After being elected as member of the Legislative Assembly, Armur (Assembly constituency) Telangana Rashtra Samithi is being incharged by his brother Asannagari Rajeshwar Reddy, who is a well-educated young and dynamic statesman carrying forward the vision of his brother.
In the media
Jeevan Reddy is popular in the media because of his frequent appearance in the media.He is a well known speaker and extensively takes part in News debates on almost all popular channels of Telangana like T News, V6 News, TV 9, TV 5, N TV, Sakshi TV, HMTV etc. He mostly appears in the early morning shows between 7 AM to 9 AM
Controversy: He was accused in the controversial death of satyam who contested against him in 2014 election and filed a case in highcourt
References
- ↑ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- ↑ "TRS to form first government in Telangana". Rediff.com. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ↑ "Jeevan Reddy Blogspot". Retrieved 17 May 2014.