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[[File:Original Image of CPM leader N V Krishnaiah.jpg|thumb|N V Krishnaiah]]
[[File:Nvkrishnaiah.png|thumb|N.V. Krishnaiah at APFTU conference]]'''N. V. Krishnaiah''' (also known as NVK) was a [[communism|communist]] politician from [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]. He was a municipal councillor in [[Nellore]], member of the Andhra Pradesh legislature, president of the [[Indian Federation of Trade Unions]] and a central leader in the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Kanu Sanyal)|Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)]].

NVK was born in 1930 in Yataluru village, [[Venkatagiri]] mandal, [[Nellore district]]. He completed high school in Venkatagiri and then moved to Nellore to join [[V.R. College]]. At V.R. College he joined the students movement and later became a member of the [[Communist Party of India|Communist Party]] in 1952.

He then returned to Venkatagiri and began to work in the [[All India Kisan Sabha|peasant front]] of the party. In 1957 he shifted his activities to Nellore and became a [[trade union]] organizer amongst motor workers. In both cases he led militant campaigns and came into conflicts with landlords and private bus company owners.

When the [[1964 split in the Communist Party of India|Communist Party of India was divided]], NVK sided with the leftist tendency. He became the secretary of the Nellore town committee and a member of the Nellore district committee of the new party, the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. In 1964 he was elected to the Municipal Corporation of Nellore.

NVK contested the 1967 [[Andhra Pradesh]] [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] election as a CPI(M) candidate in the Nellore constituency. He came second with 11951 votes (25.89%). He was defeated by the [[Bharatiya Jan Sangh|Jan Sangh]] candidate [[M. R. Annadata]].<ref>[http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Andhra%20Pradesh%201967.pdf List Of Political Parties] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930081247/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Andhra%20Pradesh%201967.pdf |date=2007-09-30 }}</ref>

At the same time, the CPI(M) in Andhra Pradesh faced another split. Large sections of the regional party cadres began to condemn the CPI(M) leadership as 'neo-revisionist'. Led by [[T.N. Reddy]], the radical elements rallied around the [[Andhra Pradesh Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries]]. NVK joined the APCCCR, and as a consequence he later resigned from his position as a municipal councillor.

NVK was one of the accused in the Hyderabad Conspiracy Case. During the period of 1968-1978, he was frequently jailed, and spent over five years in imprisonment. When the APCCCR was divided in 1971, NVK sided with the [[Chandra Pulla Reddy]]-led faction. This grouping merged into the [[PCC, CPI(ML)|Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)]]

After being released from jail in 1978, he became involved in trade union activities. He became the president of the [[Indian Federation of Trade Unions]]. In 1980 he sided with C.P. Reddy, who broke away and formed [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Chandra Pulla Reddy)|his own CPI(ML)]].

In the 1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, NVK contested the [[Sircilla]] seat as an [[Independent (politician)|independent]]. He won with 26430 votes (29.84%).<ref>[http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatRep_AP_89.pdf List Of Political Parties]</ref> During his legislative tenure, he raised over 2500 questions in the assembly.<ref>[http://www.cpiml.in/BULLETIN5.htm Visit our Guest Book]</ref> One of the issues he highlighted was the need for irrigation in the [[Karimnagar]] area.

Following the 1994 Legislative Assembly election, CPI(ML) Janashakti was divided. NVK became the leader of a break-away group, the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Janashakti COC]]. Later, CPI(ML) Janashakti COC would merge with the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Initiative]] of Arvind Sinha and form the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Unity Initiative]]. CPI(ML) Unity Initiative then merged with the [[Communist Organisation of India (Marxist-Leninist)]] of [[Kanu Sanyal]] to form the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Kanu Sanyal)|Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)]]. In January 2005, the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Flag]] merged into the CPI(ML) led by Sanyal, at a conference in [[Vijayawada]]. NVK became a [[Central Committee]] member of the unified CPI(ML).

NVK died on 13 September 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cpiml.in/061001.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=27 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061128144950/http://www.cpiml.in/061001.htm |archive-date=28 November 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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[[Category:Telugu politicians]]
[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:2006 deaths]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing]]
[[Category:People from Nellore district]]

N. V. Krishnaiah - Revision history

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