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D. K. Aruna | |
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National Vice-President of the Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Assumed office 26 September 2020 | |
President | J. P. Nadda |
Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2 June 2014 – 11 December 2018 | |
Preceded by | Telangana Assembly Created |
Succeeded by | Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy |
Constituency | Gadwal |
Minister of Information & Public Relations, Cinematography, A.P. Film, TV & Theatre Development Corporation Government of Andhra Pradesh | |
In office 25 November 2010 – 21 February 2014 | |
Governor | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
Chief Minister | Kiran Kumar Reddy |
Preceded by | J. Geeta Reddy |
Succeeded by | President's Rule |
Minister of Small Scale industries, Sugar, Khadi and Village Industries Government of Andhra Pradesh | |
In office 25 May 2009 – 24 November 2010 | |
Governor |
N. D. Tiwari E. S. L. Narasimhan |
Chief Minister |
Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Konijeti Rosaiah |
Preceded by | Gollapalli Surya Rao |
Succeeded by | P. Shankar Rao |
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh | |
In office 2004–2014 | |
Preceded by | Gattu Bheemudu |
Succeeded by | Telangana Assembly Created |
Constituency | Gadwal |
Personal details | |
Born | Narayanpet | 4 May 1960
Political party |
Bharatiya Janata Party (2019 - Present) |
Other political affiliations |
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Spouse | D.K. Bharatha Simha Reddy |
Children | Sravanti Reddy, Snigdha Reddy, Sruti Reddy |
Residence(s) | Gadwal, Jogulamba Gadwal district |
Alma mater | Raja Bahadur Venkata Rama Reddy Womens College, Hyderabad |
Occupation | Agriculture and Politician |
Dharmavarapu Kottam Aruna (born 4 May 1960) is an Indian politician from Telangana state. She served as a minister in Andhra Pradesh for Information and Public Relations in YS Rajasekhar Reddy's cabinet (2004–2009) and for Small Scale industries, Sugar, Khadi and Village Industries in Rosaiah's cabinet (2009–2010). She represented Gadwal constituency as an MLA in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly between 2004–2014 and in Telangana Legislative Assembly between 2014 and 2018.
Aruna won the 2004 election under Samajwadi Party but later joined the Indian National Congress. She joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019 and is appointed as its National Vice President in September 2020. Member of parliament Constituency-Mahabubnagar
DK Aruna was born on 4 May 1960 to Ch. Narsi Reddy. She is married to D.K. Bharathsimha Reddy and has three children. [1]
Aruna studied science up to Intermediate. She married into a family of politicians and Congress members aged 16.
Her father-in-law, D.K. Satya Reddy, her husband D.K. Bharatha Simha Reddy, and her brother-in-law D.K. Samara Simha Reddy have all been involved in politics. Her father Chitlem Narsi Reddy, brothers Chitlem Venkateswar Reddy and Chitlem Ram Mohan Reddy are congress workers and legislators. [2] [3]
Her father and brother, Venkateswar were assassinated by Maoists on Independence Day in 2005 while attending the celebrations at Narayanpet. [4]
Her entry into public life happened after becoming involved with "grievance redressal" sessions held at the house of her husband's family.
Losing her first few elections by narrow margins, she was MLA from Gadwal constituency of Mahaboobnagar district for the first time in 2004. [5]
In 2004, D.K. Aruna won representing the Samajwadi Party and subsequently represented Congress in the 2009 elections. [3] While in the opposition, she participated in the historic Electricity agitation, led a Padayatra from Gadwal to the State capital to highlight the irrigation water problems of the farmers in Mahaboobnagar District and went on an indefinite hunger strike for irrigation water to the dry lands of Telangana.
She has also gone on Padayatra from Jamulamma temple in Gadwal mandal to Jogulamba temple in Alampur [6] and later a two-day hunger strike to protest against the State government's refusal to form Gadwal as part of a new district in September 2016 [7]
In 2018, Aruna lost 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election from Gadwal to her nephew Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy of Telangana Rashtra Samithi.
In March 2019, she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and she contested 2019 Lok sabha elections from Mahabubnagar constituency where she lost by 77,829 votes. [8] [9] [10] [11]
In September 2020, She was appointed as Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party .
Year | Contested For | Party | Constituency | Opponent | Votes | Majority | Result | |
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1 | 1999 | MLA | INC | Gadwal | Ghattu Bheemudu ( TDP) | 43261 - 47807 | -4546 | Lost [12] |
2 | 2004 | SP | Ghattu Bheemudu ( TDP) | 80703 - 42017 | 38686 | Won [13] | ||
3 | 2009 | INC | Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy ( TDP) | 63433 - 53006 | 10427 | Won [14] | ||
4 | 2014 | INC | Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy ( TRS) | 83355 - 75095 | 8260 | Won [15] | ||
5 | 2018 | INC | Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy ( TRS) | -28260 High court rejected him on 24 August 2023 | Won [16] | |||
6 | 2019 | MP | BJP | Mahbubnagar | Manne Srinivas Reddy ( TRS) | 333573 - 411402 | -77829 | Lost [17] |