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| name         = Etela Rajender
| name               = Etela Rajender
| image       =
| image               = Etela Rajender.jpg
| image_size   = 160px
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| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|3|20}}
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|3|20}}
| birth_place = [[Kamalapur, Karimnagar|Kamalapur]], [[Karimnagar]], [[India]]
| birth_place         = [[Kamalapur, Warangal (urban) district|Kamalapur]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] (now [[Telangana]]), India
| spouse       = Jamuna
| spouse             = Jamuna
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]]
| office1            = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 2009
| term_start1        = May 2009
| constituency = [[Huzurabad (Assembly constituency)]]
| term_end1          = 12 June 2021
| office1       = Minister of Medical & Health and Family Welfare <br>[[Government of Telangana]]
| constituency1      = [[Huzurabad (Assembly constituency)|Huzurabad]]
| office2      = Minister of Finance<br>[[Government of Telangana]]
| office2            = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]]
| alma_mater   = B.Sc. (Osmania University)  
| term_start2        = May 2004
| term_start1  = 12 February 2019
| term_end2          = April 2009
| term_end1    =  1 May 2021
| constituency2       = [[Kamalapuram (Assembly constituency)|Kamalapur]]
| term_start2  = 2014
| office3            = Minister of Medical & Health and Family Welfare <br>[[Government of Telangana]]
| term_end2  = 2018
| term_start3        = 12 February 2019
| party       = [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]]
| term_end3          = 1 May 2021
| office4            = Minister of Finance<br>[[Government of Telangana]]
| term_start4        = 2 June 2014
| term_end4          = 6 September 2018
| alma_mater         = B.Sc. ([[Osmania University]])
| otherparty          = [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] (2003–2021)
| party               = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2021–present)
| children            = 2
}}
}}
'''Etela Rajender''' (born 20 March 1964) is an Indian politician. He served as the Health Minister of [[Telangana State]] from 2019 to 2021 and the Finance Minister of Telangana from 2014–2018.<ref>[http://www.myinfoindia.com/etela-rajender-profile-biodata/ Is Etela Elected First Time in Telangana]. Myinfoindia.com (2016-01-01). Retrieved on 2016-01-13.</ref> He represents [[Huzurabad (Assembly constituency)|Huzurabad]] constituency in the [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] party.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100128083014/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/23/stories/2010012356860300.htm ‘Government trying to crush Telangana movement’ - ANDHRA PRADESH]. ''The Hindu'' (2010-01-23). Retrieved on 2016-01-13.</ref><ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/portfolios-of-the-council-of-ministers-in-telangana/article6075327.ece Portfolios of the Council of Ministers in Telangana]. ''The Hindu'' (2014-06-02). Retrieved on 2016-01-13.</ref>
'''Etela Rajender''' (born 20 March 1964) is an Indian politician from [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP). He served as the Finance Minister of Telangana from 2014 to 2018 and as the Health Minister of Telangana from 2019 to 2021. He is a four-time Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) and represented Kamalapur and [[Huzurabad (Assembly constituency)|Huzurabad]] constituencies in the erstwhile [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] and [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] (TRS) party.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100128083014/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/23/stories/2010012356860300.htm ‘Government trying to crush Telangana movement’ - ANDHRA PRADESH]. ''The Hindu'' (2010-01-23). Retrieved on 2016-01-13.</ref><ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/portfolios-of-the-council-of-ministers-in-telangana/article6075327.ece Portfolios of the Council of Ministers in Telangana]. ''The Hindu'' (2014-06-02). Retrieved on 2016-01-13.</ref>
 
==Political career==
Etela joined TRS in 2003.<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 June 2021|title=Sacked Telangana Minister Eatala Rajender Resigns as TRS MLA, Likely to Join BJP|work=News18|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/sacked-telangana-minister-eatala-rajender-resigns-as-trs-mla-likely-to-join-bjp-3838478.html|access-date=12 June 2021}}</ref> He is recognised as a student leader with a left-wing ideology.<ref name=":0" />


In May 2021, Etela's [[Ministry (government department)|ministerial portfolio]] was removed owing to the allegations of land encroachments.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-01|title=Telangana CM KCR Takes Away Health Minister's Portfolio Over Land Grabbing Allegations|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/telangana-cm-kcr-order-probe-into-land-grabbing-allegations-against-cabinet-minister-etela-rajender-3693809.html|access-date=2021-05-01|website=www.news18.com|language=en}}</ref>
He was elected from Kamalapur in the 2004 General Elections. He served as the TRS floor leader in the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110811035033/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-30/hyderabad/28103239_1_k-chandrasekhar-rao-siddipet-trs KCR's Telangana drama shifts to jail]. ''Times of India'' (2009-11-30). Retrieved on 2016-01-13.</ref> He was re-elected as an MLA from Huzurabad constituency in the [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name=":0" />


==Career==
In 2014, Etela was appointed as the Finance Minister of Telangana in the [[first K. Chandrashekar Rao ministry]], and served until 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|date=14 November 2014|title=Eatala Rajender justifies budgetary allocations|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/eatala-rajender-justifies-budgetary-allocations/article6600242.ece|access-date=14 June 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
Etela was there with party supreme K Chandrashekhar Rao from the inception of the party in 2001. He was one of the founding members of the party.


He was elected from Kamalapur in the 2004 General Elections. He is the TRS floor leader in the state assembly. Etela is the Health Minister of Govt. of Telangana State.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110811035033/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-30/hyderabad/28103239_1_k-chandrasekhar-rao-siddipet-trs KCR's Telangana drama shifts to jail]. ''Times of India'' (2009-11-30). Retrieved on 2016-01-13.</ref> He is a four-time Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA).
He was re-elected as an MLA from Huzurabad in the [[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]]. In 2019, he took oath as the Minister of Health for Telangana.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rahul|first=N.|date=2019-02-19|title=Ten new Ministers sworn in|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/ten-new-ministers-sworn-in/article26314787.ece|access-date=2021-05-01|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> As part of the 2018 election's declaration of assets by contestants, he has furnished {{INRConvert|42.41|c|year=2018}} in assets and was the richest among other ministers.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|date=21 November 2018|title=Worth over Rs 3 billion, meet the richest candidate in Telangana polls 2018|work=Business Standard|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/elections/worth-over-rs-3-billion-meet-the-richest-candidate-in-telangana-polls-2018-118112100618_1.html|access-date=17 June 2021}}</ref>


In 2019, he took oath as the Minister of Health for Telangana.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rahul|first=N.|date=2019-02-19|title=Ten new Ministers sworn in|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/ten-new-ministers-sworn-in/article26314787.ece|access-date=2021-05-01|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
In May 2021, Etela, along with his followers and Jamuna Hatcheries, faced allegations of land encroachments in Achampet and Hakimpet villages in [[Medak district]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite news|date=14 June 2021|title=Former Telangana Health Minister Etela Rajender Joins BJP|work=Outlook|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-former-telangana-health-minister-etela-rajender-likely-to-join-bjp-today/385130|access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref> His [[Ministry (government department)|ministerial portfolio]] was removed and he was subsequently dismissed from the [[Cabinet (government)|state cabinet]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=1 May 2021|title=Telangana CM KCR Takes Away Health Minister's Portfolio Over Land Grabbing Allegations|work=News18|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/telangana-cm-kcr-order-probe-into-land-grabbing-allegations-against-cabinet-minister-etela-rajender-3693809.html|access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Telangana: Eatala Rajender dropped from State Cabinet|url=https://telanganatoday.com/telangana-eatala-rajender-dropped-from-state-cabinet|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-05-03|website=Telangana Today|language=en-US}}</ref> Subsequently on 4 June, he resigned from TRS.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=4 June 2021|title=Former Telangana minister Etela Rajender resigns from TRS, likely to join BJP|work=The Indian Express|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/hyderabad/former-telangana-minister-etela-rajender-resigns-from-trs-likely-to-join-bjp-7343970/|access-date=4 June 2021}}</ref> On 12 June, he resigned as MLA.<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 June 2021|title=Former TRS minister Etela Rajender resigns as MLA, set to join BJP|work=Business Standard|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/former-trs-minister-etela-rajender-resigns-as-mla-set-to-join-bjp-121061200446_1.html|access-date=12 June 2021}}</ref>


==Political==
On 14 June 2021, Etela joined the BJP in the presence of BJP leaders [[Dharmendra Pradhan]] and [[G. Kishan Reddy]][[New Delhi|.]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=14 June 2021|title=Former Telangana minister Etela Rajender joins BJP|work=The Indian Express|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/etela-rajender-bjp-trs-telangana-7357969/|access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> He has also resigned as the president of Nampally Exhibition Society, which he held since 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 June 2021|title=Etela Rajender Quits Another Key Post|work=Sakshi|url=https://english.sakshi.com/news/telangana/etela-rajendar-quits-another-key-post-137142|access-date=17 June 2021}}</ref>


'''Member of Legislative Assembly'''
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== Personal life ==
Etela is born on 20 March 1964 into a [[Mudiraju]] family in [[Kamalapur, Warangal (urban) district|Kamalapur]] of present-day [[Telangana]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Member's Profile - Telangana-Legislature: SRI EATALA RAJENDER|url=https://www.telanganalegislature.org.in/web/legislative-assembly/members-information?p_auth=qQTnF2A8&p_p_id=AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_count=1&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_const_id=31&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_javax.portlet.action=getMemberDetails&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_mem_id=1426&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_term_id=14|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-16|website=[[Telangana Legislature]]}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=K|first=Sammaiah|date=20 March 2021|title=Eatala Rajender Birthday Special: ఉద్యమకారుడి నుంచి రాష్ట్ర మంత్రివరకు.. ప్రజానేత ప్రస్థానం - Minister Eatala Rajender Birthday|url=https://tv9telugu.com/politics/ts-minister-eatala-rajender-birthday-celebrations-special-440421.html|url-status=live|access-date=12 June 2021|website=TV9 Telugu|language=te}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> He has studied B. Sc. from [[Osmania University]] in 1984.<ref name=":3" /> He is married to Jamuna, who own Jamuna Hatcheries.<ref>{{Cite news|date=30 May 2021|title=Seemandhra rulers better than KCR: Etela wife Jamuna!|work=Telugu360|url=https://www.telugu360.com/seemandhra-rulers-better-than-kcr-etela-wife-jamuna/|access-date=4 June 2021}}</ref> The couple has two children, one son and one daughter.<ref>{{Cite news|date=19 June 2017|title=Etela Rajender's non-veg feast invitation for OU students faces flak|work=The Hans India|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Telangana/2017-06-19/Etela-Rajenders-non-veg-feast-invitation-for-OU-students-faces-flak/307373|access-date=4 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Bandari|first=Pawan Kumar|date=15 November 2019|title=Telangana CM KCR, governor and ministers attends Etela Rajender's daughter's marriage in Hyderabad|work=The Hans India|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/telangana-cm-kcr-governor-and-ministers-attends-etela-rajenders-daughters-marriage-in-hyderabad-581488|access-date=4 June 2021}}</ref>
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Revision as of 08:51, 1 July 2021

In this article, the surname is Etela.

Etela Rajender
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
May 2009 – 12 June 2021
ConstituencyHuzurabad
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
May 2004 – April 2009
ConstituencyKamalapur
Minister of Medical & Health and Family Welfare
Government of Telangana
In office
12 February 2019 – 1 May 2021
Minister of Finance
Government of Telangana
In office
2 June 2014 – 6 September 2018
Personal details
Born (1964-03-20) 20 March 1964 (age 62)
Kamalapur, Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana), India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations		Telangana Rashtra Samithi (2003–2021)
Spouse(s)Jamuna
Children2
Alma materB.Sc. (Osmania University)

Etela Rajender (born 20 March 1964) is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He served as the Finance Minister of Telangana from 2014 to 2018 and as the Health Minister of Telangana from 2019 to 2021. He is a four-time Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) and represented Kamalapur and Huzurabad constituencies in the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and Telangana Legislative Assembly from the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) party.[1][2]

Political career

Etela joined TRS in 2003.[3] He is recognised as a student leader with a left-wing ideology.[4]

He was elected from Kamalapur in the 2004 General Elections. He served as the TRS floor leader in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[5] He was re-elected as an MLA from Huzurabad constituency in the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[4]

In 2014, Etela was appointed as the Finance Minister of Telangana in the first K. Chandrashekar Rao ministry, and served until 2018.[6]

He was re-elected as an MLA from Huzurabad in the 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election. In 2019, he took oath as the Minister of Health for Telangana.[7] As part of the 2018 election's declaration of assets by contestants, he has furnished ₹42.41 crore (equivalent to ₹46 crore or US$6.4 million in 2019) in assets and was the richest among other ministers.[8]

In May 2021, Etela, along with his followers and Jamuna Hatcheries, faced allegations of land encroachments in Achampet and Hakimpet villages in Medak district.[4][9] His ministerial portfolio was removed and he was subsequently dismissed from the state cabinet.[4][10] Subsequently on 4 June, he resigned from TRS.[11] On 12 June, he resigned as MLA.[12]

On 14 June 2021, Etela joined the BJP in the presence of BJP leaders Dharmendra Pradhan and G. Kishan Reddy.[13][9] He has also resigned as the president of Nampally Exhibition Society, which he held since 2014.[14]

Member of Legislative Assembly

Term Constituency Political party
2004–2009 Kamalapur Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2009–2014 Huzurabad Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2014–2018 Huzurabad Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2018–2021 Huzurabad Telangana Rashtra Samithi

Personal life

Etela is born on 20 March 1964 into a Mudiraju family in Kamalapur of present-day Telangana.[15][16][11] He has studied B. Sc. from Osmania University in 1984.[16] He is married to Jamuna, who own Jamuna Hatcheries.[17] The couple has two children, one son and one daughter.[18][19]

References

  1. ↑ ‘Government trying to crush Telangana movement’ - ANDHRA PRADESH. The Hindu (2010-01-23). Retrieved on 2016-01-13.
  2. ↑ Portfolios of the Council of Ministers in Telangana. The Hindu (2014-06-02). Retrieved on 2016-01-13.
  3. ↑ "Sacked Telangana Minister Eatala Rajender Resigns as TRS MLA, Likely to Join BJP". News18. 12 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Telangana CM KCR Takes Away Health Minister's Portfolio Over Land Grabbing Allegations". News18. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  5. ↑ KCR's Telangana drama shifts to jail. Times of India (2009-11-30). Retrieved on 2016-01-13.
  6. ↑ "Eatala Rajender justifies budgetary allocations". The Hindu. 14 November 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  7. ↑ Rahul, N. (19 February 2019). "Ten new Ministers sworn in". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Worth over Rs 3 billion, meet the richest candidate in Telangana polls 2018". Business Standard. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Former Telangana Health Minister Etela Rajender Joins BJP". Outlook. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "Telangana: Eatala Rajender dropped from State Cabinet". Telangana Today. Retrieved 3 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Former Telangana minister Etela Rajender resigns from TRS, likely to join BJP". The Indian Express. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  12. ↑ "Former TRS minister Etela Rajender resigns as MLA, set to join BJP". Business Standard. 12 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  13. ↑ "Former Telangana minister Etela Rajender joins BJP". The Indian Express. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  14. ↑ "Etela Rajender Quits Another Key Post". Sakshi. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  15. ↑ "Member's Profile - Telangana-Legislature: SRI EATALA RAJENDER". Telangana Legislature. Retrieved 16 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 K, Sammaiah (20 March 2021). "Eatala Rajender Birthday Special: ఉద్యమకారుడి నుంచి రాష్ట్ర మంత్రివరకు.. ప్రజానేత ప్రస్థానం - Minister Eatala Rajender Birthday". TV9 Telugu (in తెలుగు). Retrieved 12 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ↑ "Seemandhra rulers better than KCR: Etela wife Jamuna!". Telugu360. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  18. ↑ "Etela Rajender's non-veg feast invitation for OU students faces flak". The Hans India. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  19. ↑ Bandari, Pawan Kumar (15 November 2019). "Telangana CM KCR, governor and ministers attends Etela Rajender's daughter's marriage in Hyderabad". The Hans India. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
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