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Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy is sworn in as the 16th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh by Governor ESL Narasimhan at Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad on Thursday. INN Photos

Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy (born 30 September 1960) is an Indian politician and the 16th chief minister of Andhra Pradesh in the Southern state of Andhra Pradesh. He belongs to the Congress party. He took over from K. Rosaiah on Nov 25, 2010.

Early life



Kiran Kumar Reddy was born in Hyderabad to former Congress party member, N. Amarnath Reddy, who was considered the political guru of TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu and was a minister in P. V. Narasimha Rao cabinet as he was considered close to late Indira Gandhi and P.V. Narsimha Rao. He hails from Nagaripalle, Chittoor district. He did his schooling from Hyderabad Public School 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 a good cricket player and was the captain of South Zone under-22 team, Hyderabad under-25 and Osmania University cricket team.

Political Career
Kiran Kumar Reddy was elected to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1989 after his father death. He served as member of the Public Undertakings Committee and Assurance Committee. Kiran was elected to the state assembly from Vayalpad (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. Despite being a four-time MLA, Kiran Reddy was never made a minister in any of the Congress State cabinets. A known YSR loyalist, Kiran was the Congress governmentchief whip for five years from 2004 , before he was made the speaker. Sources said he had aspired for forest ministry, but YSR handed the ministry to his arch rival, Peddireddy Ramchandra Reddy, to checkmate him.

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

Kiran Kumar Reddy was chosen 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 chief Sonia Gandhi, who named Kiran Reddy, to succeed Rosaiah.

Personal life
Kiran Kumar Reddy is married to Radhika Reddy. They have a son Nikhilesh Reddy and daughter Niharika Reddy.

Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy: Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Assumed office: 2010-Nov-25, Preceded by Konijeti Rosaiah. Political party Indian National Congress, Children Nikhilesh Reddy and Niharika Reddy. Residence Hyderabad



Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy is sworn in as the 16th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh by Governor ESL Narasimhan at Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad on Thursday. INN Photos

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The Hindu YSR loyalists washing the statue of former chief minister late Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy with milk amidst slogan shouting by State Cabinet Ministers led by Danam Narender and Komatireddy Venkat Reddy during a protest demonstration organised in Hyderabad on Sunday. They were protesting against a programme on Sonia Gandhi telecast by Sakshi television channel which is owned by Kadapa MP Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy. Photo:Mohammed Yousuf

Congress workers in various parts of Andhra Pradesh today protested against the telecast of a “blasphemous” news feature against Sonia Gandhi by a television channel owned by party MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.
State Health Minister Danam Nagender and Information Technology Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, who were ardent followers of late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, led a sit-in in front of the former Chief Minister’s statue at Panjagutta Centre here while scores of Congress workers held a protest outside the Sakshi channel’s head office in Banjara Hills here.

MLCs P Sudhakar Reddy and Ganga Bhavani also took part in the agitation.
Heavy police force was deployed outside Sakshi office and the protesting Congress workers were taken into custody for defying prohibitory orders.
Youth Congress workers also staged protests outside Sakshi offices at Karimnagar, Chirala, Nellore and other places demanding an apology from Sakshi management over the telecast of the story against Ms. Gandhi and Congress party. They also burnt copies of Sakshi Telugu newspaper owned by Mr. Jagan.

Congress MPs from Telangana, who met at the residence of G Vivekananda, demanded that Mr. Jagan, the MP from Kadapa, immediately tender an apology to Ms. Sonia Gandhi as well as the party for telecasting such “blasphemous” story. Senior Congress MLA P Shankar Rao also demanded an apology from Jagan on the issue.



Meanwhile, party sources said a translated transcript of the story that was telecast on Sakshi TV on Friday, and repeated on Saturday, was sent to the Congress high command for perusal and necessary action even as the high command sought a report from the PCC on the episode.

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THE HINDU Chief Minister K. Rosaiah and Legislative Assembly Speaker N. Kiran Kumar Reddy during unveiling the portrait of Late Dr.Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy at assembly lobby. Photo: Special Arrangement.


Late Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy’s first death anniversary will be observed across Andhra Pradesh tomorrow with the State government organising a series of functions in memory of the Congress leader.
Chief Minister K Rosaiah would unveil a 20-ft-tall statue at the ‘YSR Smriti Vanam’ (memorial garden) near the crash site at Pavuralagutta in Kurnool district which was being built in an area of 3,500 acres.

The garden would have a bio-diversity park, a ****erfly park and deer park. The State government would also organise a major function at Ravindra Bharati auditorium close to the State assembly and also the Secretariat. The ruling Congress would be organising ceremonies in all cities, towns and villages across the State even as Mr. Reddy’s son Jagan Mohan Reddy is now undertaking a ‘odarpu yatra’ to console the families of those who died of shock after Reddy’s death, defying the directives of the high command.

It was on September 2 last year that YSR’s chopper went missing soon after he left from Hyderabad in the morning for Chittoor district to launch ‘Rachabanda’, a government programme aimed at interacting with people on the implementation of welfare and development schemes.

He was accompanied in the twin-engine Bell 430 helicopter by his Principal Secretary S Subrahmanyam, Chief Security Officer ASC Wesley, pilot Group Captain S K Bhatia and co-pilot M S Reddy. As Congressmen and people at large were in state of shock and disbelief, the Army, Indian Air Force, Central Reserve Police Force personnel, Andhra Pradesh Police and elite anti-naxal police force ‘Greyhounds’ undertook the possibly biggest-ever search operation in the country to trace the missing chopper.

It was found that the chopper had crashed due to incessant rains in the dense jungles of Nallamala forest in Kurnool district, ****ing all the five people on board. Mr. Reddy was buried at his family estate Idupulapaya in his native Kadapa district. Keywords: Andhra Pradesh, Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, State Govt., Memorial meetings

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Chiranjeevi Dy-CM, PRP to merge with congress?
Hyderabad Nov 24 (INN): Praja Rajayam party president K Chiranjeevi will be sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister along with N Kiran Kumar Reddy who will take oath as Chief Minister on Thursday at around 12.45 pm. According to highly placed sources Mr Chiranjeevi will merge his party, Prajarajyam with the congress, sources say, though this has not been confirmed officially. This move is seen as an attempt to checkmate Kadapa MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy

Why Sonia handpicked Kiran?
Hyderabad, November 25: Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker N Kiran Kumar Reddy will be the new chief minister. On a day of fast-paced developments, chief minister K Rosaiah made an unexpected exit from office and within hours, the Congress leadership announced his successor. Kiran Kumar Reddy will be sworn in on Thursday afternoon. With Union Minister S Jaipal Reddy ruling himself out or rather ignored, the choice narrowed down to Information Minister J Geeta Reddy (from Telangana) and Speaker Kiran Kumar Reddy (Rayalaseema). Though it was expected that the party would contemplate change of leadership before the Srikrishna report on Telangana towards the end of December, Rosaiah's resignation came as a surprise as there were no prior hints of the same.

According to sources, Rosaiah was informed of Delhi's intention to go in for a change within a couple of hours after he returned on Tuesday night from a visit to the national capital where he poured his heart out over lack of freedom to run the affairs and also how the Jagan camp was causing him trouble. Late last night came the announcement about an emergency meeting of the Congress legislature party but it was seen as one meant to reaffirm confidence in the leadership of Sonia Gandhi in the light of the attack launched by a channel owned by the late YSR's son, Jagan Mohan Reddy, against the party president. By morning, however, the twist came to light and Rosaiah himself broke the news in the afternoon. Soon after, he called on the Governor and handed over his resignation.

Rosaiah's exit, sources said, was part of the Congress plan for a complete overhaul of the government and the party to check the drift in a State which sent as many as 33 MPs to the Lok Sabha just over a year ago. According to party insiders, three major factors were borne in mind by the leadership as it got down to the task of choosing the successor to Rosaiah.

One, the Telangana demand, two, the pressure being built by Jagan with his open defiance of the leadership, and third, the Reddy factor.

Evidently, the party could not select someone from Coastal Andhra as Rosaiah too hails from that region and it would only precipitate matters in the context of the T issue. Geeta Reddy was, no doubt,in the reckoning but the party leadership felt it would be difficult for a leader from Telangana to run the show if the Centre decided against carving out a separate state after the Srikrishna report. Already, Telangana Congress leaders had demanded that the new chief minister should be one who is not anti-Telangana if not from the region itself. Having experimented with a non-Reddy in Rosaiah, there were clear indications that the choice this time would be from the Reddy community itself.

A couple of hours after Rosaiah submitted his resignation, Congress bigwigs -- Pranab Mukherjee, AK Antony, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Veerappa Moily -- landed in Hyderabad to chair the meeting of the legislature party. As is the Congress tradition, a one line resolution was adopted authorising Sonia to nominate the successor. By 10 p.m. Pranab Mukherjee completed the confabulations, got in touch with Sonia Gandhi and conveyed her decision to Kiran Kumar Reddy and other senior party leaders. Relatively young but one who has mastered the art of politics from the late YSR, the party apparently felt that he would be able to connect with a majority of the young legislators. He was seen as the ideal choice if Delhi had to take on Jagan.

From Captain to CM: Kiran's profile

Hyderabad, November 25: A YSR loyalist and four-time MLA, Andhra Pradesh Speaker Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy, who has been selected to be the new Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, faces the daunting task to revitalize the party ridden by dissidence. A legislator from his native Chittoor district in the Rayalaseema region of the state, 50-year-old Reddy will have to also use all his political acumen to take on the challenge posed by Congress' rebel Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.

Considered a close follower of late Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, Kiran Kumar Reddy was made the government Chief Whip, a role he had effectively discharged to take on the principal opposition Telugu Desam Party in general and his bete noire N Chandrababu Naidu in particular. Son of late Congress leader Amarnatha Reddy, who was was the political guru of TDP chief Naidu, Reddy graduated from the Nizam College in Hyderabad and later studied law.

An avid cricketer during his college days and a batchmate of former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin, Reddy has represented Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy. Kiran was first elected to the state assembly from Vayalpadu constituency in Chittoor district in 1989 but the lost the election in 1994. In 1999 and 2004, he was elected successively from the same constituency. He had to shift to Pileru constituency in 2009 because of delimitation.

Though he aspired to become a Minister in YSR's cabinet in 2009, he could not be accommodated because of political equations in Chittoor district and hence he was made Speaker of the assembly. After K Rosaiah became the Chief Minister in September 2009, Kiran had again aspired to become the minister but the cabinet expansion never took place.