Kurasala Kannababu

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Kurasala Kannababu
Minister of Agriculture, Cooperation & Marketing
Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
8 June 2019 7 April 2022

Kurasala Kannababu is an Indian politician, served as the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperation in Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy Ministry of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

He was elected as Member of legislative assembly from Kakinada Rural in 2019 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections. [1] He was elected as an MLA in 2009 from Praja Rajyam Party and he joined Indian National Congress in 2012 during the merger of Praja Rajyam Party with Indian National Congress. He quit Indian National Congress in 2014 and contested as an Independent in 2014 and joined YSR Congress Party in 2016.

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References

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