Danam Nagender
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Danam Nagender | |
|---|---|
| Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 11 December 2018 | |
| Preceded by | C. Ramachandra Reddy |
| Constituency | Khairatabad |
| Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Preceded by | P. Vishnuvardhan Reddy |
| Succeeded by | Telangana assembly established |
| Constituency | Khairatabad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 August 1964 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Other political affiliations | BRS (17 March 2024), Telugu Desam Party |
| Residence(s) | Banjarahills, Hyderabad |
Danam Nagender (born 9 August 1964) is an Indian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly from Khairatabad Assembly Constituency, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. He left (BRS) Telangana Rashtra Samithi and joined Indian National Congress party in March, 2024 and. He was the Senior Leader of Congress Party in Hyderabad. He was also Minister for Labour, Employment, Training & Factories, Industrial Training Institutes & Health in United Andhra Pradesh. He had represented the Indian National Congress party.[1][2] Nagender won his seat in the 2009 Andhra Pradesh State Assembly Elections. He lost it in the 2014 assembly elections. He resigned from Congress party on 23 June 2018, joined Telangana Rashtra Samithi and won from Khairatabad in general election Dec. 2018.he joined in congress party in 2024
Career
[edit]D. Nagender was elected from Asifnagar assembly constituency in 1994, 1999 and 2004 as a Member of the Legislative Assembly. In the 2004 Andhra Pradesh state Assembly elections, he left the Indian National Congress (INC) for the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). After winning from Asifnagar on the TDP ticket, he resigned his seat and left the TDP in an effort to get a place in the cabinet of Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy through re-election as an INC MLA. He failed in the by-election. In an interview to the Press ABN Andhra Jyothi he said that he is a great follower of P. Janardhan Reddy, he and his wife worship him everyday and he admires him a lot.
After delimitation of constituencies, Nagender contested and won from Khairathabad Assembly Constituency in 2009 elections.[3][4]
Nagender was inducted into the cabinet for the first time by YSR in 2009 and held the portfolio of Health and Medical Services, Labour, Employment, Training & Factories, and Industrial Training Institutes continued in the same portfolio in the cabinet of Konijeti Rosaiah. Nagender lost in the 2014 elections to BJP candidate Chintala Ramachandra Reddy and later joined BRS party in 2018 and won as MLA in 2018 and 2023.
Danam Nagender left Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) on 17 March 2024 and joined the Congress party in the presence of AICC in-charge for Telangana Deepadas Munsi and Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy in Hyderabad ahead of 2024 Loksabha Elections.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "List of MLAs" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. APOnline.
- ^ "Council of Ministers" Archived 8 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. APOnline.
- ^ "Profile of Danam Nagender - Khairtabad". hello ap. 2011-01-05.
- ^ "Updated official microsite of Danam Nagender - Khairtabad" Archived 19 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. danamnagender 2014-04-17.
- ^ The Hindu (17 March 2024). "Operation Akarsh of Congress begins". Archived from the original on 17 March 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2024.