Английская Википедия:G. Kishan Reddy

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Indian English Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Gangapuram Kishan Reddy (born 15 June 1964) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as Minister of Tourism, Culture and Development of North Eastern Region of India. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 1980. He is an MP representing Secunderabad (Lok Sabha constituency) since 2019. He served as the floor leader of the BJP in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2009 and gave it up after being elected as the state BJP president of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. He was first state president of Telangana BJP from 2014 to 2016, appointed again as Telangana BJP president on 4 July 2023.

Personal life and education

Gangapuram Kishan Reddy, was born in Timmapur village in Rangareddy district of Telangana to G. Swamy Reddy and Andalamma. He is married to Kavya Reddy and has two children, a daughter and a son.

He did a diploma in tool design from CITD.

Early political career

Reddy started his political career as a youth leader of the Janta Party in 1977.

Once the BJP was formed in 1980, he joined the party full time. He became the state treasurer of the state Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Andhra Pradesh.

• From 1982 to 1983 he was Bharatiya Janata Party Andhra Pradesh Yuva Morcha State Treasurer
• From 1983 to 1984 he was Bharatiya Janata Party State Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Andhra Pradesh
• From 1986 to 1990 he was the State President, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Andhra Pradesh
• From 1990 to 1992 he was the National Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha & In-charge of the South India
• From 1992 to 1994 he was the National Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
• From 1994 to 2001 he was the National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
• From 2001 to 2002 he was the State Treasurer, State Spokesperson & Head Quarter Incharge of Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
• From 2002 to 2004 he was the National President of the BJYM
• From 2004 to 2005 he was the State GS and official spokesperson, BJP Andhra Pradesh.

Rise in state politics

Member of Legislative Assembly and Floor leader

Between 2004 and 2009 he was the MLA, Himayatnagar Constituency, Floor Leader of BJP in State AssemblyШаблон:Citation needed In 2009, when Himayatnagar (Assembly constituency) was abolished and largely replaced by Khairatabad Assembly constituency, Reddy contested from Amberpet Assembly Constituency. From 2009 to 2014 he was the MLA, Amberpet Assembly Constituency, Floor Leader of BJP in State AssemblyШаблон:Citation needed He was elected in 2009 to the Amberpet assembly constituency with a majority of over 27,000 votes.

President of State BJP

From 2010 to 2014, he was the BJP State President of the Andhra Pradesh. He was unanimously elected as the Telangana BJP president, as a inugural holder.Шаблон:Citation needed

Reddy, began the 22-day Telangana "Poru Yatra"– a Шаблон:Convert journey through 986 villages and 88 assembly constituencies stressing the need for a stance on Telangana state – on 19 January.

Union minister of India

In 2019 he was elected as an MP Lok Sabha from Secunderabad constituency.

Minister of State

On 30 May 2019, he was sworn in as Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs in the Government of India. From 2019 to 2021 Minister of State for Home Affairs, Government of India (Served along with Nityanand Rai)

Considering the increase in demand for local public transport, he wrote a letter to the chief minister of Telangana, K. Chandrashekar Rao, urging him to resume MMTS services in the city.

Union cabinet minister

From 2021 he is the Minister of Tourism, Minister of Culture and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region, Government of IndiaШаблон:Citation needed

On 18 June 2022, the union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy explaining the training process of Agnipath Scheme at a press conference, stated that the people selected as Agniveers would be given training for the "skills of drivers, washermen, barbers, electricians and other professionals". The video clip of the remark became viral. Reddy said that there would be drivers, electricians, barbers and thousands other posts and people selected under this scheme, would be helpful in those jobs. A reporter noted that Skill Development Corporations was already established to train youth with different skills, Reddy answered that such skills would be imparted in Agnipath scheme as well.

Return to state politics

On 5 July 2023, Reddy was re-appointed as the State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Telangana. He succeeded Bandi Sanjay Kumar. This reshuffle came after weeks of infighting between various factions of the party.

External links

• MHA Website
• Twitter