Jupally Krishna Rao

Jupally Krishna Rao
Minister of Prohibition & Excise, Tourism & Culture and Archaeology
Government of Telangana
Incumbent
Assumed office
07 December 2023
Governor
Chief MinisterRevanth Reddy
Preceded byV. Srinivas Goud
Minister of Industries, Handlooms & Textiles, Sugar
Government of Telangana
In office
2 June 2014–12 December 2018
GovernorE. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief MinisterK. Chandrashekar Rao
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byK. T. Rama Rao
Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 December 2023
Preceded byBhiram Harshvardhan Reddy
ConstituencyKollapur
In office
2 June 2014 – 11 December 2018
Preceded byTelangana Assembly Created
Succeeded byBhiram Harshvardhan Reddy
ConstituencyKollapur
Minister of Endowments
Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
25 May 2009 - 1 June 2011
Governor
Chief Minister
Preceded byJ. Ratnakar Rao
Succeeded byC. Ramachandraiah
Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
In office
15 June 2012 – 21 February 2014
Preceded byHimself
(Resigned for Telangana Statehood)
Succeeded byTelangana Assembly Created
ConstituencyKollapur
In office
11 October 1999 – 15 May 2012
Preceded byKatikeneni Madhusudhan Rao
Succeeded byHimself
(Resigned for Telangana Statehood)
ConstituencyKollapur
Personal details
Born (1955-08-10) 10 August 1955 (age 69)
Kollapur, Telangana, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
(1999-2011)
(2023-present)
Other political
affiliations		Bharat Rashtra Samithi
(2011-2023)
SpouseSujana
ChildrenVarun, Arun

Jupally Krishna Rao (born 10 August 1955) is an Indian politician and was Minister of Telangana. He was elected as MLA in the Telangana Legislative Assembly from Kollapur and won elections 5 times. He lost in 2018 assembly elections.[1][2][3][4]

Early life

Jupally Krishna Rao was born in Pedda Dagada village in Mahbubnagar district, Telangana, India. In 2018 general election, Jupally Krishna Rao was defeated from TRS Party.

Career

Jupally Krishna Rao started his career as a bank employee and gradually succeeded in construction business. He was elected as an MLA from Kollapur constituency in Mahbubnagar district in 1999, 2004, 2009, 2012 by-elections & 2014.[5] He was earlier a Minister for Food, Civil supplies, Legal Metrology, Consumer affairs in YS Rajasekhar Reddy's cabinet. Later in Kiran Kumar Reddy's cabinet, he was given Endowment Ministry in Andhra Pradesh. He is the first MLA from Kollapur Constituency who got elected 5 times consecutively.

He quit Congress Party and joined Telangana Rashtra Samithi on 30 October 2011.[6][7]

He lost in 2018 Assembly Elections. In 2023 Assembly Elections he contested from Kollapur and won with a majority of 29931 votes on BRS candidate Bhiram Harshvardhan Reddy. He took oath as minister at L B Stadium in Hyderabad on 7 december 2023 and later he were assigned as Minister for Prohibition and Excise, Tourism and Culture portfolios on 9 december 2023 in Revanth Reddy Ministry.[8][9]

Personal life

Jupally Krishna Rao is married to Sujana. They have two sons, Varun and Arun Jupally.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Jupally Krishna Rao Biography & Family details". 10 August 2016.
  2. ^ http://www.livemint.com/2011/10/30141425/Three-Congress-MLAs-resign-ove.html?h=B [dead link‍]
  3. ^ "3 Telangana Congress MLAs set to join TRS". Ibnlive.in.com. 30 October 2011. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Cities". Deccan Chronicle. 30 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Rail roko off; More trains run on day-II". Ibnlive.in.com. 18 October 2011. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  6. ^ PTI (30 October 2011). "Two MLAs from Congress join TRS". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  7. ^ "Ponnam arrested amid high drama". Ibnlive.in.com. 16 October 2011. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  8. ^ The Hindu (9 December 2023). "Portfolios allocated to Ministers in the new Telangana Cabinet". Archived from the original on 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  9. ^ India Today (9 December 2023). "Revanth Reddy assigns portfolios to 11 ministers in Telangana Cabinet: Full list". Archived from the original on 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Jupally Krishna Rao | MLA | Kollapur | Mahaboobnagar | TRS". 11 June 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2023.