Buggana Rajendranath

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Buggana Rajendranath Reddy
Minister for Finance, Planning and Legislative Affairs
Government of Andhra Pradesh
Assumed office
8 June 2019
Preceded byYanamala Rama Krishnudu
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for Dhone
Assumed office
2014
Preceded byK. E. Krishnamurthy
ConstituencyDhone
Personal details
BornBethamcherla, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh
Political partyYSR Congress Party
ResidenceVijayawada
Alma materVijayanagar Engineering College
OccupationPolitician
Engineer

Buggana Rajendranath Reddy (born 27 September 1970) is an Indian politician and current Minister for Finance, Planning and Legislative Affairs in the Government of Andhra Pradesh.[1][2][3][4] He was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) representing Dhone (Assembly constituency) in both 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election and 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. From 2016 to 2019, he also served as the Public Accounts Committee (India) Chairman of Andhra Pradesh.[5]

Early life[edit]

Buggana Rajendranath Reddy was born in Bethamcherla, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh to Late. Shri Buggana Ramnath Reddy (Sarpanch to Bethamcherla, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh) and Smt. Buggana Parvathi Devi. His maternal grandfather, K. V. Reddy, was a prominent Indian film maker.[6][7][8]

Buggana Rajendranath did his schooling at The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet and pursued his high school education at Madras Christian College, Chennai.[1][2] He later graduated as Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Vijayanagar Engineering College, Bellary, in 1992. He is multilingual and is fluent only in Telugu,[3][4]

Political life[edit]

Assembly elections 2014[edit]

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dhone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Buggana Rajendranath Reddy 83,683 49.86
TDP K.E.Pratap 72,531 43.21
Majority 11,152 6.65
Turnout 167,849 77.51 +7.01
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

Assembly elections 2019[edit]

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dhone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Buggana Rajendranath Reddy 1,00,845 57.79 +7.93
TDP K.E.Pratap 65,329 37.44 -5.77
Majority 35,516 20.48
Turnout 173,414 78.94
YSRCP hold Swing

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Andhra Pradesh budget outlay may be Rs 2 lakh crore, says, Finance Minister Buggana Rajendranath". The New Indian Express.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Rao, G. v r Subba (7 July 2019). "A ₹2.5-lakh crore budget in the offing for this fiscal" – via www.thehindu.com.
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Findia%2Fjaganmohan-reddy-sworn-in-as-andhra-pradesh-chief-minister%2Farticleshow%2F69574758.cms&psig=AOvVaw0agRlGEDb0n7LwdqqxBp1j&ust=1559310684289708
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Highlights: Jagan Mohan Reddy Takes Oath As Andhra Chief Minister". NDTV.com.
  5. "Buggana Rajendranath MLA of DHONE Andhra Pradesh contact address & email". nocorruption.in.
  6. "AP Budget Is A List Of Cooked Up Numbers: YSRCP Buggana Rajendranath Reddy".
  7. "Buggana Rajendranath Reddy Political Profile". 20 June 2018.
  8. "Buggana Rajendranath Companies Associated With".