Teegala Krishna Reddy

Teegala Krishna Reddy (born 10 June 1949) is an Indian politician, a former Member of Legislative Assembly and a former Mayor of Hyderabad, from Telangana state. He is currently in the Congress.

Teegala Krishna Reddy
Mayor of Hyderabad
In office 2002–2007
Preceded by	Mir Zulfiqar Ali
Succeeded by	Banda Karthika Reddy
Member of Legislative Assembly Telangana
In office 2014–2018
Chief Minister	K. Chandrashekar Rao
Preceded by	Sabitha Indra Reddy
Succeeded by	Sabitha Indra Reddy
Constituency	Maheshwaram
Personal details
Born	(1949-06-10) 10 June 1949 (age 75) Meerpet, Ranga Reddy district, Telangana, India
Political party	Telangana Rashtra Samithi (2014 - present)
Other political affiliations	Telugu Desam Party (until 2014)
Spouse	Arundhati
Children	T. Harinath Reddy, T. Amarnath Reddy
Residence(s)	Tirumala Hills, Osmangad, Malakpet, Hyderabad

Early life

Reddy was born in Ranga Reddy district, Meerpet.^[1] He completed his BA in 1971 from Osmania University. He is the Chairman of Teegala Krishna Reddy Engineering College.^[2]

Career

Reddy joined the Telugu Desam Party during its foundation. He contested the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) elections in 1986 from Gandhi Nagar division on behalf of the Telugu Desam Party and lost^{[citation needed]}. Reddy contested the MCH elections in 2002 and served as the mayor of Hyderabad until 2007.^[3]

He worked as the Chairman of Hyderabad Urban Development Authority. In the 2009 Andhra Pradesh elections, he contested as a Telugu Desam Party candidate from the Maheswaram constituency and was defeated by Indian National Congress candidate Sabitha Indra Reddy by a margin of 7,833 votes.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2014 Telanagana elections, he contested as a Telugu Desam Party candidate again from Maheshwaram constituency^[4] and was elected MLA^[5] for the first time by beating his nearest rival Congress candidate Mal Reddy Rangareddy with a majority of 30,784 votes. He joined Telangana Rashtra Samithi^[6][7] on 29 October 2014. In the 2018 Telangana elections he contested as a Telangana Rashtra Samithi candidate from Maheshwaram constituency^[8] and was defeated by Indian National Congress candidate Sabitha Indra Reddy by a margin of 9,227 votes.^[9]

References

1. "తీగల కృష్ణారెడ్డి జన్మదిన వేడుకలు | హైదరాబాద్ | www.NavaTelangana.com". m.navatelangana.com. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
2. Chronicle, Deccan (12 June 2018). "Staff salary cut for Teegala Krishna Reddy's b'day bash". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
3. Telugu360 (5 July 2022). "Embarrassment to TRS as party leader targets Education Minister". Telugu360.com. Retrieved 24 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
4. Rajeev, M. (7 April 2014). "TDP releases first list of candidates from Telangana". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
5. Chandrashekhar, B. (5 July 2022). "Bickering in Maheshwaram TRS out in open, even before Kollapur is settled". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
6. "TDP MLA joins TRS". The Hindu. 9 November 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
7. "Change of colors: Qutbullapur MLA K P Vivekananda Goud joins TRS". The News Minute. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
8. "TRS MLA Candidates List Announced By Telangana CM KCR". Sakshi Post. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
9. Sribala Vadlapatla (6 November 2020). "Ex-mayor Teegala likely to join BJP | Hyderabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 October 2022.