Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy | |
Birth Date: | 11 June 1944 |
Birth Place: | Nellore, Andhra Pradesh |
Residence: | Jubilee hills, Hyderabad |
Office: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Term Start: | 2009 |
Term End: | 2014 |
Predecessor: | Panabaka Lakshmi |
Successor: | Aadala Prabhakara Reddy |
Constituency: | Nellore |
Term Start1: | 2004 |
Term End1: | 2009 |
Predecessor1: | Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy |
Successor1: | Modugula Venugopala Reddy |
Constituency1: | Narasaraopet |
Term Start2: | 1989 |
Term End2: | 1991 |
Predecessor2: | Bezawada Papi Reddy |
Successor2: | Magunta Subbarama Reddy |
Constituency2: | Ongole |
Office3: | Member of Legislative Assembly United Andhra Pradesh |
Term Start3: | 1985 |
Term End3: | 1989 |
Predecessor3: | Venkaiah Naidu |
Successor3: | Madala Janakiram |
Constituency3: | Udayagiri |
Education: | Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering |
Party: | YSR Congress Party |
Otherparty: | |
Spouse: | Mekapati Manimanjari |
Children: | 3 sons and 1 daughter |
Date: | 16 September |
Year: | 2006 |
Source: | https://web.archive.org/web/20071007102110/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=3394 |
Alma Mater: | Osmania University |
Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy (born 11 June 1944) is a former member of the 9th Lok Sabha, 14th Lok Sabha, 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Nellore Loksabha Constituency in Andhra Pradesh and is a member of the YSR Congress.[1]
Reddy lost an election contest in 1983 as an Indian National Congress (INC) candidate. In 1985 he was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly as a candidate of the same party, and in 1989 he became an INC member of the Lok Sabha. He stood again for parliament in 1996, and 1998 as MP candidate from Ongole parliamentary constituency, both times as a Telugu Desam Party candidate. Those attempts were unsuccessful in 2004 from Narasaraopet parliamentary constituency and in 2009 elections from Nellore parliamentary constituency as INC candidate, winning on both occasions. Reddy then became a member of the YSR Congress and was re-elected to the 15th Lok Sabha in a by-election.[2] He was elected as Leader in Lok Sabha from YSRCP Party.[3]