Kunja Bojji

Kunja Bojji (10 February 1926^[1] – 12 April 2021)^[2] was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He represented the Bhadrachalam seat in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly between 1985 and 1999.^[3][4] He belonged to the Koya community.^[3]

Kunja Bojji కు౦జా బొజ్జి
Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 1985–1999
Preceded by	Yerraiah Reddi Murla
Succeeded by	Sunnam Rajaiah
Constituency	Bhadrachalam, Andhra Pradesh
Personal details
Born	(1926-02-10)February 10, 1926 Adavi
Died	April 12, 2021(2021-04-12) (aged 95) Venkannagudem, Khammam District, Andhra Pradesh
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse	Subbalakshmi

Kunja Bojji was a courier for guerrillas during the Telangana armed struggle of the 1950s. In the 1970s he joined the CPI(M) and was elected a samiti member.^[3] In 1985 he, along with two other CPI(M) leaders was ambushed by Naxalites and his companions were killed.^[5]

In the 1985, 1989 and 1994 elections to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly he was elected with 42.37%, 50.82% and 62.55% vote share respectively.^[4]

Bojji died from COVID-19 in 2021.^[6]