Kandula Durgesh

Kandula Lakshmi Durgesh Prasad, better known as Kandula Durgesh, is an Indian Politician. He was a member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council for a term from 2007-2013 representing Indian National Congress.^[1] He also contested the 2019 assembly election (2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election), in Rajahmundry Rural (Assembly constituency) representing Jana Sena Party^[2] defeated in the election polling but secured 42,685 votes in his favour. He is a cabinet minister in the Government of Andhra Pradesh after being elected from Nidadavole in 2024 Assembly elections.^[3][4][5]

Kandula Durgesh
Minister for Tourism and Culture Government of Andhra Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 June 2024
Governor	S. Abdul Nazeer
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	R. K. Roja
Minister for Cinematography Government of Andhra Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 June 2024
Governor	S. Abdul Nazeer
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Chelluboyina Venugopala Krishna
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Geddam Srinivas Naidu
Constituency	Nidadavole
Member of Legislative Council Andhra Pradesh
In office 30 March 2007 – 29 March 2013
Chairman	A. Chakrapani
Deputy	Mohammed Jani
Leader of the House	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Konijeti Rosaiah Kiran Kumar Reddy
Constituency	Elected by MLAs
Personal details
Born	(1962-09-17) 17 September 1962 (age 62) Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political party	Janasena Party (2018-present)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (2007-2016) YSR Congress Party (2016-2018)
Spouse	Smt UshaRani
Children	2 (daughter & son)
Education	M.A (economics) from Andhra University