G. Kishan Reddy

Gangapuram Kishan Reddy (born 15 June 1960)^[1] is an Indian politician who is serving as the 25th Minister of Coal & 45th Minister of Mines since 2024. He also served as Minister of Tourism, Culture and Development of North Eastern Region of India from 2019 to 2024. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 1980.^[2][3] He is an MP representing Secunderabad (Lok Sabha constituency) since 2019. He served as the floor leader of the BJP in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2009 and gave it up after being elected as the state BJP president of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh.^[4][5] He was first state president of Telangana BJP from 2014 to 2016, appointed again as Telangana BJP president on 4 July 2023.^[6]

G. Kishan Reddy
Kishan Reddy in 2025
25th Union Minister of Coal
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 June 2024
President	Droupadi Murmu
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Prahlad Joshi
45th Union Minister of Mines
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 June 2024
President	Droupadi Murmu
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Prahlad Joshi
34th Union Minister of Tourism
In office 7 July 2021 – 11 June 2024
President	Ram Nath Kovind Droupadi Murmu
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Prahlad Singh Patel
Succeeded by	Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
12th Union Minister of Culture
In office 7 July 2021 – 11 June 2024
President	Ram Nath Kovind Droupadi Murmu
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Prahlad Singh Patel
Succeeded by	Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
9th Union Minister of the Development of North Eastern Region
In office 7 July 2021 – 11 June 2024
President	Ram Nath Kovind Draupadi Murmu
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Dr. Jitendra Singh
Succeeded by	Jyotiraditya Scindia
48th Union Minister of State for Home Affairs
In office 30 May 2019 – 7 July 2021 Serving with H. G. Ahir (2019) and Nityanand Rai (2019-21)
President	Ramnath Kovind
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Amit Shah
Preceded by	Kiren Rijiju
Succeeded by	Nisith Pramanik A. K. Mishra
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 May 2019
Preceded by	Bandaru Dattatreya
Constituency	Secunderabad, Telangana
Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly
In office 2 June 2014 – 11 December 2018
Preceded by	assembly established
Succeeded by	Kaleru Venkatesham
Constituency	Amberpet
1st President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana
In office 4 July 2023 – 30 June 2025
National President	J. P. Nadda
Preceded by	Bandi Sanjay Kumar
Succeeded by	N. Ramchander Rao
In office 2 June 2014 – 8 April 2016
National President	Rajnath Singh Amit Shah
Preceded by	office established (himself as United Andhra President)
Succeeded by	K. Laxman
9th President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
In office 8 March 2010 – 1 June 2014
National President	Nitin Gadkari Rajnath Singh
Preceded by	Bandaru Dattatreya
Succeeded by	Kambhampati Hari Babu (bifurcated Andhra)
Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	constituency established
Succeeded by	constituency shifted to Telangana
Constituency	Amberpet
In office 2004–2009
Preceded by	C. Krishna Yadav
Succeeded by	constituency bifurcated as per Delimitation Act, 2002
Constituency	Himayatnagar
9th President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
In office 2002–2005
Preceded by	Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Succeeded by	Dharmendra Pradhan
Personal details
Born	Gangapuram Kishan Reddy (1960-06-15) 15 June 1960 (age 65)[1] Timmapur, Kandukur, Ranga Reddy district, Andhra Pradesh, India (present-day Telangana)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (1980-present)
Other political affiliations	Janata Party (1977-1980)
Spouse	G. Kavya
Children	2
Parents	G. Swamy Reddy (father) G. Andalamma (mother)
Residence(s)	Hyderabad, Telangana, India New Delhi, Delhi, India
Alma mater	Diplamo, CITD

Personal life and education

Gangapuram Kishan Reddy, was born in Timmapur village in Rangareddy district of Telangana to G. Swamy Reddy^[7] and Andalamma.^[8] He is married to Kavya Reddy and has two children, a daughter and a son.^[2] He did a diploma in tool design from CITD.^[7]

Early political career

Reddy started his political career as a youth leader of the Janta Party in 1977.^[9]

Once the BJP was formed in 1980, he joined the party full time. He became the state treasurer of the state Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Andhra Pradesh.

• From 1982 to 1983 he was Bharatiya Janata Party Andhra Pradesh Yuva Morcha State Treasurer
• From 1983 to 1984 he was Bharatiya Janata Party State Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Andhra Pradesh
• From 1986 to 1990 he was the State President, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Andhra Pradesh
• From 1990 to 1992 he was the National Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha & In-charge of the South India
• From 1992 to 1994 he was the National Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
• From 1994 to 2001 he was the National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
• From 2001 to 2002 he was the State Treasurer, State Spokesperson & Head Quarter Incharge of Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
• From 2002 to 2004 he was the National President of the BJYM
• From 2004 to 2005 he was the State GS and official spokesperson, BJP Andhra Pradesh.^[9]

Election statistics

	Year	Contested For	Constituency	Opponent	Votes	Majority	Result	Reference
1	2004	MLA	Himayatnagar	Govind Giri (TRS)	55,338 - 23,577	+31,761	Won	[10]
2	2009		Amberpet	Mohd Fareeduddin (INC)	59,134 - 31,891	+27,243	Won	[11]
3	2014			Aedla Sudhakar Reddy (TRS)	81,430 - 18,832	+62,598	Won	[12]
4	2018			Kaleru Venkatesham (TRS)	60,542 - 61,558	-1,016	Lost	[13]
6	2019	MP	Secunderabad	Talasani Sai Kiran Yadav (BRS)	3,84,780 - 3,22,666	+62,114	Won	[14]
7	2024			Danam Nagender (INC)	4,73,012 - 4,23,068	+49,944	Won	[15]

Rise in state politics

Member of Legislative Assembly and Floor leader

Between 2004 and 2009 he was the MLA, Himayatnagar Constituency, Floor Leader of BJP in State Assembly.^{[citation needed]} In 2009, when Himayatnagar (Assembly constituency) was abolished and largely replaced by Khairatabad Assembly constituency, Reddy contested from Amberpet Assembly Constituency.^[16] From 2009 to 2014 he was the MLA, Amberpet Assembly Constituency, Floor Leader of BJP in State Assembly.^{[citation needed]} He was elected in 2009 to the Amberpet assembly constituency with a majority of over 27,000 votes.^[17]

President of State BJP

From 2010 to 2014, he was the BJP State President of the Andhra Pradesh. He was unanimously elected as the Telangana BJP president, as an inaugural holder.^{[citation needed]}

Reddy, began the 22-day Telangana "Poru Yatra"– a 3,500-kilometre (2,200 mi) journey through 986 villages and 88 assembly constituencies stressing the need for a stance on Telangana state – on 19 January.^[18]

Union minister of India

He was elected MP in the Lok Sabha from Secunderabad constituency in 2019 and 2024.^[19]

Minister of State

On 30 May 2019, he was sworn in as Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs in the Government of India.^[20][21] From 2019 to 2021 Minister of State for Home Affairs, Government of India, serving along with Nityanand Rai.

Considering the increase in demand for local public transport, he wrote a letter to the chief minister of Telangana, K. Chandrashekar Rao, urging him to resume MMTS services in the city.^[22]

Union Cabinet Minister

• Minister of Tourism (2021-2024)^[23]
• Minister of Culture (2021-2024)^[24]
• Minister of Development of North Eastern Region (2021-2024)^[25]

On 18 June 2022, the union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy explaining the training process of Agnipath Scheme at a press conference, stated that the people selected as Agniveers would be given training for the "skills of drivers, washermen, barbers, electricians and other professionals". The video clip of the remark became viral. Reddy said that there would be drivers, electricians, barbers and thousands other posts and people selected under this scheme, would be helpful in those jobs. A reporter noted that Skill Development Corporations was already established to train youth with different skills, Reddy answered that such skills would be imparted in Agnipath scheme as well.^[26]

• Minister of Coal (2024-present)^[27]
• Minister of Mines (2024-present)^[28]

In 2024, he took charge as the Union Minister of Mines and Union Minister of Coal in the Third Modi ministry.^[29]

Return to state politics

On 5 July 2023, Reddy was re-appointed the State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Telangana. He succeeded Bandi Sanjay Kumar.^[30] This reshuffle came after weeks of infighting between various factions of the party.^[31][32]