Kinjarapu Atchannaidu

Kinjarapu Atchannaidu
Kinjarapu Atchannaidu
Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development & Fisheries; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 12 June 2024
Governor	S. Abdul Nazeer
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Seediri Appalaraju
Minister of Agriculture, Co-operation & Marketing; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 12 June 2024
Governor	S. Abdul Nazeer
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Kakani Govardhan Reddy
2nd President of the ; Telugu Desam Party, Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 20 October 2020 – 14 June 2024
National President	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao
Succeeded by	Palla Srinivasa Rao
Minister of Handlooms, Textiles, Backward Classes Welfare & Empowerment and I & PR ; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 2 April 2017 – 29 May 2019
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Kollu Ravindra; Sidda Raghava Rao;
Succeeded by	Malagundla Sankaranarayana; Perni Venkataramaiah;
Minister for Labour, Factories, Youth & Sports, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship ; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 8 June 2014 – 2 April 2017
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	President's Rule
Succeeded by	Pithani Satyanarayana; Kollu Ravindra;
Member of Legislative Assembly; Andhra Pradesh
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2014
Preceded by	Korla Bharathi
Constituency	Tekkali
	In office; 1996–2009
Preceded by	Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu
Succeeded by	constituency abolished
Constituency	Harishchandrapuram
Personal details
Political party	Telugu Desam Party
Relations	Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu (brother); Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu (nephew);
Website	http://www.kinjarapu.com/

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.^[1]^[2] He is the chief of TDP for the state of Andhra Pradesh since October 2020.^[3] He is currently serving as the cabinet minister in the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Political career

Atchannaidu was elected as an MLA from the Harishchandrapuram constituency in three consecutive elections: 1996 by-poll,^[4] 1999^[5] and 2004.^[6] Following the reorganization and dissolution of the Harishchandrapuram constituency, he contested and lost the 2009 elections for the Tekkali constituency. He also lost the immediate by-poll in 2009 that occurred due to the death of the elected MLA.^[7] He was elected back in the 2014, 2019 and 2024 elections from the Tekkali constituency.^[2]^[3]

He held the portfolio of Transport Ministry during the Third N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry.^[3]

Personal life

He is the brother of Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu and uncle of Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu.^[3]

References

^ "Andhra Pradesh Assembly election result: Full list of winners". The Financial Express. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Atchannaidu confident of retaining Tekkali". The Hindu. 20 March 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d G, Siva (19 October 2020). "Kinjarapu Atchannaidu appointed as new chief of TDP in Andhra Pradesh". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
^ "Bye - Election, 1996". Election Commission of India. 14 October 1996. Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
^ "Election Commission of India.1999 results.Harishchandrapuram" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2007.
^ "Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 2004". Elections.in. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
^ "Congress retains Tekkali seat in bypolls". Business Standard. 15 September 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

External links

Kinjarapu Atchannaidu on Twitter

[1] "Andhra Pradesh Assembly election result: Full list of winners". The Financial Express. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

[:0-2] "Atchannaidu confident of retaining Tekkali". The Hindu. 20 March 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

[:1-3] G, Siva (19 October 2020). "Kinjarapu Atchannaidu appointed as new chief of TDP in Andhra Pradesh". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

[4] "Bye - Election, 1996". Election Commission of India. 14 October 1996. Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

[5] "Election Commission of India.1999 results.Harishchandrapuram" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2007.

[6] "Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 2004". Elections.in. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

[7] "Congress retains Tekkali seat in bypolls". Business Standard. 15 September 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

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Kinjarapu Atchannaidu

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