Buggana Rajendranath Reddy | |
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Minister of Finance, Planning, Commercial Taxes and Legislative Affairs Government of Andhra Pradesh | |
In office 8 June 2019 –4 June 2024 | |
Governor |
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Chief Minister | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy |
Preceded by | Yanamala Rama Krishnudu |
Succeeded by | Payyavula Keshav |
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh | |
In office 2014–2024 | |
Preceded by | K. E. Krishna Murthy |
Succeeded by | Kotla Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy |
Constituency | Dhone |
Personal details | |
Born | 27 September 1970 Bethamcherla,Kurnool District,Andhra Pradesh |
Citizenship | India |
Political party | YSR Congress Party |
Children | 2 |
Residence | Bethamcherla |
Alma mater | Vijayanagar Engineering College |
Occupation | Politician Engineer |
Buggana Rajendranath Reddy(born 27 September 1970) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is a two time MLA and also served as the Minister for Finance,Planning and Legislative Affairs in the Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy's ministry. [1] [2] [3] He has been nominated again by YSRCP to contest the Dhone Assembly seat in the 2024 Assembly Election. [4] [5]
Reddy was born in Bethamcherla of Kurnool district,Andhra Pradesh,to Buggana Ramnath Reddy,a former sarpanch of Bethamcherla village and Buggana Parvathi Devi. His maternal grandfather,K. V. Reddy,was a prominent Indian film maker. [6]
He did his schooling at The Hyderabad Public School,Begumpet and pursued his pre university course at Madras Christian College,Chennai. [1] [2] He later graduated as Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Vijayanagar Engineering College,Bellary,in 1992. [7]
Reddy was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly representing Dhone Assembly constituency in the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election defeating K. E. Prathap of TDP by a margin of 11,152 votes. [4] [8] From 2016 to 2019,he served as the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Andhra Pradesh. [9] He was elected for the second time as an MLA in the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election defeating K. E. Prathap of Telugu Desam Party,again by a huge margin of 35,516 votes. [10]