K. V. Ramana Reddy

Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy (born 1970)^[1] is an Indian politician from Telangana. He is a member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from Kamareddy Assembly constituency representing the Bharatiya Janata Party. In the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, he defeated both the incumbent chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao and the then to-be-elected chief minister Revanth Reddy.^[2][3] He defeated his nearest rival, KCR, by 6741 votes.^[4]

Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy
Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2023–present
Preceded by	Gampa Govardhan
Constituency	Kamareddy
Personal details
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2018 - present)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (until 2014) Y. S. R. Congress (2014 - 2018)

Ramana Reddy was appointed the BJP Legislature Party deputy leader on 14 February 2024.^[5]

Personal life

Ramana Reddy is a businessperson from Kamareddy, Telangana. He dropped out of formal education after his Class 12.^[6] His father, Katipally Raji Reddy, was a Kamareddy panchayat samiti president.^[7]

Career

Reddy worked as a Zilla Parishad member in the undivided Nizamabad district in 2004 and became ZP chairman.^[2] Earlier, he worked in the Indian National Congress and when Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the then chief minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh passed away, he joined TRS, now renamed BRS. Before the 2018 elections, he joined BJP and contested as MLA but finished a distant third.^[8] In recent years, he is credited with taking up local issues.^[9] His donations and support in supplying building materials for the construction of temples in the constituency is said to be one of the reasons that helped him gain a voter base. He also spearheaded the agitation to oppose the 'Master Plan' for Kamareddy that was mooted by the then BRS government.^[4][10]

In the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, he ran as Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for the Kamareddy seat. He defeated both Bharat Rashtra Samithi's incumbent chief minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao, and Congress INC stalwart Revanth Reddy who became next chief minister.^[11][12][13] BJP won in Kamareddy seat for the first-time .^[14]

In an affidavit filed to the Election Commission of India, he declared assets amounting to ₹49 crore (US$5.8 million).^[15]

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2023

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2023: Kamareddy (Assembly constituency)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	K. V. Ramana Reddy	66,652	34.55
	BRS	Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao	59,911	31.06
	INC	Anumula Revanth Reddy	54,916	28.47
	NOTA	None of the Above	474	0.25
Majority			6,741	3.49
Turnout			1,92,889
	BJP gain from BRS		Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018

2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Kamareddy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Gampa Govardhan	68,167	42.02
	INC	Mohammed Ali Shabbir	63,610	39.21
	BJP	K. V. Ramana Reddy	15,439	9.52
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,471	0.91
Majority			5,007	2.81
Turnout			1,62,228	78.83
	TRS hold		Swing