Gummanur Jayaram

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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1968)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = P. Gummanur Jayaram
| image =
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| office = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Cabinet Minister of Andhra Pradesh<br />Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| termstart = 30 May 2019
| termend =
| predecessor = [[Pithani Satyanarayana]]
| successor =
| constituency_AM4 = [[Alur (Assembly constituency)|Alur]]
| assembly4 = Andhra Pradesh Legislative
| term_start4 = 2014
| term_end4 =
| predecessor4 = Veerabadra Gowda
| successor4 =
| party = [[YSR Congress Party]] (2011-present)
| otherparty = [[Praja Rajyam Party]] (2009-2011)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1968|10|16}}
| birth_place = [[Gummanur village]], [[Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh]], India
| spouse = {{marriage|Gummanur Renuka|1989}}
| children = 5
| relatives =
| alma_mater = Municipal Boys High School, [[Bellary, Karnataka]]
| website =
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'''Gummanur Jayaram''' (born 16 October 1968) is an Indian politician from YSR Party and current Minister of Labour, Employment, Training, Factories in the [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name=ap>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ap.gov.in/?page_id=56|title=Minister Portfolio|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/andhra-pradesh-ministers-portfolios-and-profiles/article27698301.ece|title=Andhra Pradesh Ministers: Portfolios and profiles|date=2019-06-08|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-03-19|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/kanti-velugu-aimed-to-test-vision-of-5-cr-people-in-state-minister-571462|title=Kanti Velugu aimed to test vision of 5 cr people in State: Minister|date=2019-10-11|website=www.thehansindia.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-19}}</ref> He was elected as a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the AP Legislative Assembly (India)]] (MLA) representing [[Alur (Assembly constituency)]] in both the [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] and [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]s.

== Early life and education ==
Gummanur Jayaram was born on 16 October 1968 in Gummanur village, [[Kurnool district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]] in a farmers family to Gummanur Basappa and Gummanur Saradha Amma (served as Village Sarpanch) with two brothers and one sister. He completed his early schooling in Gummanur till 5th grade and thereafter in [[Bellary]]. After completing his education, returned to his village to continue farming alongside his father. He married Gummanur Renuka on 7 July 1989, with whom he has three daughters Manju, Vandhana, Vidya and son Eshwar Gummnur.

== Early political career ==
Jayaram started his political career as [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP party]] worker under [[N. T. Rama Rao|NTR]]'s regime in Andhra Pradesh. He contested and lost as [[District Councils of India|Zilla Parishad]] territorial constituency (ZPTC) in 2001, later he won the [[District council (India)|Zilla Parishad]] in 2006. Later, he was invited to join [[Praja Rajyam Party]] under [[Chiranjeevi]] and contested as MLA in 2009 but lost. He is not happy with the decision on merging [[Praja Rajyam Party|PRP]] into [[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress party]], Jayaram decided to join [[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]] in 2011 under [[Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy]].

==Political career==

===2014 election ===
[[File:Gummanur Jayram election campaign 2019 (with Son Eshwar Gummnur).png|thumb|Gummanur Jayram election campaign (with Son Eshwar Gummanur)]]
In 2014 election, Jayaram contested as the [[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]] candidate for MLA in Alur against Veerabadra Gowda from [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]. He won the MLA elections with a margin of 1919 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/alur.html|title=Alur Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Alur, Andhra Pradesh|website=www.elections.in}}</ref>

===2019 election ===
In 2019 election, Jayaram contested again as MLA representing [[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]] from Alur against Kotla Sujathamma from [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]. He won with total votes of 107,101 with 161 Postal and 106940 General representing 56%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/11673-andhra-pradesh-legislative-assembly-election-2019/|title=Elections 2019|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> With a statewide majority by the YSRCP, they formed the state government headed by [[Jagan Mohan Reddy]] as CM, and Jayaram was chosen as Minister of Labour, Employment, Training, Factories in Jagan's cabinet.

==Development projects==

Jayaram led a project to bringing water channels to his constituency. He also addressed the problem in labour department,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://telugu.samayam.com/andhra-pradesh/news/ex-minister-atchannaidu-will-go-to-jail-says-minister-gummanur-jayaram/articleshow/74240890.cms|title=ESI Scam: ‘అచ్చెన్నాయుడు జైలుకెళ్లడం ఖాయం’|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> and worked with the Central Government to deliver the upcoming hospital where MoS [[Santosh Kumar Gangwar]] laid the foundation stone of the ESI Hospital in [[Kakinada]], Andhra Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indusdictum.com/2020/02/26/mos-labour-gangwar-lays-foundation-stone-of-100-bed-esi-hospital-in-andhra-2/|title=MoS Labour Gangwar lays foundation stone of 100-bed ESI hospital in Andhra|date=February 26, 2020|website=Indus Dictum}}</ref>

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