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<p>Adding local <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Bharatpedia:Short_description" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Short description">short description</a>: &quot;Indian politician&quot;, overriding Wikidata description &quot;Indian politician&quot; (<a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Bharatpedia:Shortdesc_helper" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Shortdesc helper">Shortdesc helper</a>)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian politician}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}<br /> {{Multiple issues|<br /> {{BLP sources|date=February 2016}}<br /> {{BLP unsourced|date=March 2019}}<br /> }}<br /> {{Infobox person<br /> |name = Mudragada Padmanabham <br /> | image =<br /> | caption = <br /> | birth_date =<br /> | birth_place = [[Kirlampudi]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br /> | citizenship = [[India]]n<br /> | known_for = [[Kapu (caste)|Kapu Reservation Agitation]]<br /> <br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Mudragada Padmanabham&#039;&#039;&#039; is an Indian politician, an [[Member of Parliament|ex-Member of Parliament]] from [[Kakinada (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kakinada]], and political activist known for campaigning for the inclusion of the [[Kapu Caste|Kapu (caste)]] in the [[Backward Class]] (BC) category.<br /> <br /> ==Early life==<br /> Mudragada Padmanabham was born in a Telugu [[Kapu (caste)|Kapu]] family in Kirlampudi Village, [[East Godavari]] District, [[Andhra Pradesh]]. His father&#039;s name was Veera Raghava Rao. Padmanabham finished his schooling in his village. His father was elected as an Independent MLA in [[Prathipadu, East Godavari district|Prattipadu]] for two times, in 1962 and 1967. He was known as Kirlampudi Munciff.<br /> <br /> ==Career==<br /> Mudragada Padmanabham was a four-time [[Member of Legislative Assembly]], one-time [[Member of Parliament]] and Minister in [[Telugu Desam Party]] and [[Indian National Congress]] governments. He started his political career as [[Janata Party]] MLA in 1978. Later, when [[N. T. Rama Rao]] started Telugu Desam Party in 1982, he joined and won both 1983 and 1985 elections from Prattipadu Assembly constituency in East Godavari District.<br /> <br /> He resigned his Ministry in N. T. Rama Rao&#039;s cabinet and started Praja Rakshana Samiti. Later, he started the Telugu Nadu Party with [[K. E. Krishnamurthy]] and [[Kunduru Jana Reddy]], who are now with the Telugu Desam and the Congress, respectively. In 1988, he hosted a reception at Prattipadu for the late [[Rajiv Gandhi]], then Prime Minister. He was elected as an MLA and also held a Ministerial berth.<br /> <br /> He lost for the first time as an MLA in 1994 and did not contest again from Prattipadu constituency. He later associated himself with [[Kapu (caste)|Kapunadu]] and later with the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP). While working with BJP, he played a key role in the election of [[Krishnam Raju]] from [[Kakinada (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kakinada]].<br /> <br /> He was with BJP for 4 years. He attended [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sakhas]] during this period. Later in 1999, he represented Telugu Desam in the [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Kakinada (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kakinada]] and then lost in 2004 elections from the same constituency.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://myneta.info/ap09/candidate.php?candidate_id=2638 Myneta.ifo]<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Padmanabham, Mudragada}}<br /> [[Category:Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br /> [[Category:Living people]]<br /> [[Category:People from East Godavari district]]<br /> [[Category:13th Lok Sabha members]]<br /> [[Category:Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]<br /> [[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Andhra Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians]]<br /> [[Category:Janata Party politicians]]<br /> [[Category:State cabinet ministers of Andhra Pradesh]]</div>

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