Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy

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N. Kiran Kumar Reddy

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16th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

In office
25 June 2011 01 March 2014
Preceded by
K. Rosaiah
Succeeded by Nara Chandrababu Naidu
Constituency Pileru, Chittoor
Personal details
13 September 1960 (age 55)
Born
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
(now in Telangana, India)
Political party Jai Samaikyandhra Party
Residence Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Religion
Hinduism
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Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy (born 13 September 1960 in Hyderabad) is an Indian
politician who served as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. A four-time Member of
the Legislative Assembly in Andhra Pradesh, he was a leader of the Indian National
Congress party before resigning from it in February 2014 over the creation of Telangana
state. Concurrently Reddy also submitted his resignation from the chief ministership to
Governor E. S. L. Narasimhan; the latter accepted the resignation, but asked Reddy to
continue as caretaker chief minister. President's Rule was imposed in the state on 1 March

2014. On March 10, 2014 he floated his new political outfit called Jai Samaikyandhra
Party.[1]

Contents

1 Early life
2 Political career
o 2.1 As Speaker
o 2.2 As Chief Minister
2.2.1 Welfare Programmes
3 Jai Samaikyandhra Party
4 See also
5 References

Early life
Kiran Kumar Reddy was a former Congress party member and his father Amaranath
Reddy was a minister in P. V. Narasimha Rao cabinet When P.V. Narasimha Rao was the
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh as Mr. Reddy was considered close to late Indira
Gandhi and P.V. Narsimha Rao. His family hails from Nagaripalle, near Kalikiri, Chittoor
district.[2] He did his schooling from Hyderabad Public School[3] and intermediate from
St. Josephs' Junior College, Hyderabad. He did his B.Com from Nizam College and LL.B
from University College of Law, Osmania University. He was the captain of the
Hyderabad, India under-22, South Zone Universities and Osmania University cricket
team.[4][5] He also attended Besant Theosophical High School in Chennai for some years.

Political career
Kiran Kumar Reddy was elected to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1989 after
his father's death.[6] He served as member of the Public Undertakings Committee and
Assurance Committee. He was elected to the state assembly from Native Vayalpadu
(Valmikipuram) in 1989, 1999 and 2004. He lost in 1994 when Congress was routed in
Chittoor district. He won from Pileru in 2009 after Valmikipuram got merged into Pileru
constituency under delimitation. A known YSR loyalist, he was the Congress government
chief whip for five years from 2004,[7] before he was made the speaker. On March 10,
2014 he announced the formation of Jai Samaikyandhra Party with Chundru Srihari Rao
as its Founder-President.[1]

As Speaker
Kiran Kumar Reddy was unanimously elected as Speaker of the 13th Andhra Pradesh
Assembly in June 2009. His name for the speaker's post was proposed by erstwhile chief
minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, AIMIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi , Agriculture
minister N. Raghuveera Reddy and two other independents.

As Chief Minister
Kiran Kumar Reddy was made to be the new Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh after
incumbent K Rosaiah resigned citing personal reasons, by the Congress Legislature Party
and authorised party in 2011. On February 19, 2014, he resigned from the post of Chief
Minister, as MLA (legislator) and also from the Congress party, after the Telangana bill
was passed in Lok Sabha.[8]
Welfare Programmes
He is credited for launching schemes such as Mee Seva, Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu, SC/ST
Sub-Plan, Bangaru Thalli, Mana Biyyam, Amma Hastham etc.

Jai Samaikyandhra Party

On 11 March 2014, he wanted to launch a new political party named as Jai
Samaikyandhra Party, by opposing the centre's decision on bifurcation of the Andhra
Pradesh state.[9] He formally launched the party in Rajahmundry on 12 March 2014.