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Kinjarapu Atchannaidu
Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development & Fisheries
Government of Andhra Pradesh
Assumed office
12 June 2024
GovernorS. Abdul Nazeer
Chief MinisterN. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded bySeediri Appalaraju
Minister of Agriculture, Co-operation & Marketing
Government of Andhra Pradesh
Assumed office
12 June 2024
GovernorS. Abdul Nazeer
Chief MinisterN. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded byKakani Govardhan Reddy
2nd President of the
Telugu Desam Party, Andhra Pradesh
In office
20 October 2020 – 14 June 2024
National PresidentN. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded byKimidi Kalavenkata Rao
Succeeded byPalla 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
GovernorE. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief MinisterN. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Minister for Labour, Factories, Youth & Sports, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
8 June 2014 – 2 April 2017
GovernorE. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief MinisterN. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded byPresident's Rule
Succeeded by
Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
Assumed office
2014
Preceded byKorla Bharathi
ConstituencyTekkali
In office
1996–2009
Preceded byKinjarapu Yerran Naidu
Succeeded byconstituency abolished
ConstituencyHarishchandrapuram
Personal details
Political partyTelugu Desam Party
Relations
Websitehttp://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

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ "Andhra Pradesh Assembly election result: Full list of winners". The Financial Express. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Atchannaidu confident of retaining Tekkali". The Hindu. 20 March 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  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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