Kuruva Gorantla Madhav
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
24 May 2019
Preceded byKristappa Nimmala
ConstituencyHindupur
Personal details
Born (1969-06-01) 1 June 1969 (age 54)
Rudravaram, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh
Political partyYSRCP
SpouseSmt Savitha
Children3
Residence(s)Hindupur Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
Source: [1]

Kuruva Gorantla Madhav (born 1 June 1969) is a politician from Andhra Pradesh. He won the Hindupur seat in the Indian general election, 2019 as a YSR Congress Party candidate.[1] His parents are K Madhava Swamy and K Ramulamma. Earlier, he worked as a Circle Inspector in the Kadiri.[2][3]

Career

Madhav worked as general secretary of Anantapur police union. In September 2018, J. C. Diwakar Reddy and his followers fought against probhodananda swami of Tadipatri. At that time police department failed to maintain law and order in Tadipatri. For this J. C. Diwakar Reddy blamed DSP and police department of Anantapur for their failure. To counter this Madhav warned J. C. Diwakar Reddy for his harsh comments on police department. At that time he was the circle inspector for Kadiri urban[4][5]

With this Gorantla Madhav becomes famous in Anantapur and also in the state. At end of December 2018, he applied for VRS[6] with interest in politics. He entered into politics by joining YSR Congress Party in January 2019. Surprisingly On March 16 2019, Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy announced him as YSR Congress Party candidate[7] for Hindupur. But his VRS was rejected by AP police department[8][9] Then he went to both AP tribunal court and High court for Justice got successful in his efforts and relieved with immediate effect. And on results day, he won as MP[10] of Hindupur, with majority of 140748, by defeating Kristappa Nimmala of Telugu Desam Party.

References

  1. ^ "Hindupur Election Result 2019: Kuruva Gorantla Madhav won". The Times of India. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  2. ^ "YSRC opens doors of Parliament for banana farmer, teacher and a cop". Samdani MN. The Times of India. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Ex-Kadiri CI who took on JC bros joins YSRC". Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Anantapur MP JC Diwakar Reddy invites Kadiri CI Gorantla Madhav for showdown, complains against him in PS". The New Indian Express. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Anantapur Police association threatens to cut netas' tongues if they insult officers". The New Indian Express. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Kadiri Urban CI quits, to join politics". The Hindu. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  7. ^ "YSRCP nominates two first-timers from Anantapur". The Hindu. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  8. ^ Ramesh Susarla (24 March 2019). "Gorantla Madhav yet to be relieved". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Naidu putting hurdles in my nomination process: Gorantla Madhav". The Hindu. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Hindupur Election Result 2019: Kuruva Gorantla Madhav won". The Times of India. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

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