Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu Explained

Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu
Birth Date:23 February 1957
Birth Place:Nimmada, Andhra Pradesh
Death Place:Ranasthalam, Andhra Pradesh
Office1:Union Minister of Rural Areas and Employment
Termstart1:1 June 1996
Termend1:19 March 1998
Primeminister1:H. D. Deve Gowda
I. K. Gujral
Predecessor1:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Successor1:Babagouda Patil
Constituency2:Srikakulam
Office2:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Termstart2:1996
Termend2:2009
Predecessor2:Kanithi Viswanatham
Successor2:Killi Krupa Rani
Office3:State Cabinet Minister, Andhra Pradesh
Termstart3:8 October 1995
Termend3:11 October 1995
Governor3:Krishan Kant
C. Rangarajan
1Namedata3:N. Chandrababu Naidu
1Blankname3:Chief Minister
Office4:Member of Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh
Termstart4:1983
Termend4:1996
Predecessor4:Kannipally Appla Narasimha Bhuktha
Successor4:Kinjarapu Atchannaidu
Constituency4:Harishchandrapuram
Party:Telugu Desam Party
Children:Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu (son)
Adireddy Bhavani (daughter)
Relations:Kinjarapu Atchannaidu (brother)
Website:http://www.kinjarapu.com

Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu (23 February 1957 – 2 November 2012) was an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He served as the Union Minister in H. D. Deve Gowda and I. K. Gujral Cabinets. Formerly, he was the Legislator of Andhra Pradesh, won four times from the Harishchandrapuram. Further, he contested successfully from Srikakulam Parliament four times.

Early life

Yerran Naidu was born on 23 February 1957, in a Velama family[1] [2] [3] in Nimmada, a remote village in the Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh.[4] He has a brother, Kinjarapu Atchannaidu, who is also a politician.[5] He has a son Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, who is also a politician.[6]

Career

Naidu obtained a law degree with first division from the Andhra University in Visakhapatnam, and joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 1982 when it was formed by popular Telugu cinema actor N. T. Rama Rao.

In 1983, Naidu was elected to the state assembly from Harishchandrapuram in his native district at the age of 25, becoming one of the youngest Members of the Legislative Assembly(MLA). He was re-elected in 1985. Denied a TDP ticket in 1989, he fought as an independent and was re-elected to the assembly. He later returned to the party fold and was elected for the fourth consecutive term in 1994.

He backed N. Chandrababu Naidu when the latter led a revolt against N.T. Rama Rao and became a minister in 1995. He was the Government Chief Whip from 1995 to 1996.

Popularly known as Yeranna among TDP circles, Naidu was fielded by the party in the 1996 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh. Elected to the Lok Sabha from the Srikakulam constituency, he emerged as a key TDP leader in national politics. With the TDP joining the United Front Government, Naidu became a minister at the centre, holding the portfolio of Rural Development and Employment.

He retained the Lok Sabha seat in the 1998 and 1999 elections. Two days before polling in the 2004 elections, he survived an assassination bid by Naxalites (Maoist Communists) who attempted to bomb his vehicle in Singupuram town in Srikakulam district.[7] Re-elected to parliament, he was made the party leader in the Lok Sabha.

In the 2009 elections, Naidu was defeated by the Congress party's Killi Krupa Rani, who was inducted into the Union ministry on 28 October 2012.

Death

Naidu died from a heart attack after a car accident in his native district Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh around 2:00 am of 2 November 2012 while returning from a marriage ceremony at Visakhapatnam.The incident took place when a car in which he was travelling was hit by an oil tanker from behind near Ranasthalam in Srikakulam district in north coastal Andhra, about 25 km from Srikakulam. A severely-injured Naidu was transported to Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) in Srikakulam town, where the doctors' efforts to resuscitate him failed. He was declared dead around 3:30 am.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2 November 2012 . Yerran Naidu: A mass leader . 2023-04-22 . NDTV.com.
  2. Web site: A Srinivasa Rao . 2 November 2012 . Senior TDP leader and former Union minister Yerran Naidu dies in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh . 2023-04-22 . . en.
  3. News: 2004-04-12 . Srikakulam loves you, Yem brother . The Times of India . 2023-04-22 . 0971-8257.
  4. News: Yerran Naidu: A mass leader . NDTV . 2 November 2012 . Indo-Asian News Service. 25 March 2019.
  5. Web site: G. Siva. 19 October 2020. Kinjarapu Atchannaidu appointed as new chief of TDP in Andhra Pradesh. 24 December 2021. The Times of India.
  6. News: 24 November 2012. Rammohan Naidu named successor of Yerran Naidu. The Hindu. 24 December 2021. 0971-751X.
  7. News: Seetharamaiah . K. V. . Yerran Naidu hurt in Naxal attack India News . 17 March 2020 . The Times of India. 19 April 2004 . en.
  8. http://www.newsbullet.in/india/34-more/36430-tdps-yerran-naidu-dies-in-road-accident TDP's Yerran Naidu dies in road accident