M. Sanjay Kumar

M. Sanjay Kumar (born 6 July 1962) is an Indian politician in the state of Telangana.^[1] He is a member of Telangana Legislative Assembly from Jagtial constituency of Jagtial district for a second^[2] term after making his debut as a law maker in 2018.^[3]

M. Sanjay Kumar
Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office   2018–present
Preceded by	T. Jeevan Reddy
Constituency	Jagtial
Personal details
Born	(1962-06-06) 6 June 1962 (age 63) Jagtial, Telangana State, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Other political affiliations	Bharat Rashtra Samithi (2018- 2024)
Spouse	Radhika
Children	1 Daughter
Parent(s)	Hanumantharao, Vatsala
Residence(s)	Jagtial, Telangana
Occupation	Politician & Doctor

Early life and education

Kumar was born in Anthargam village, Jagtial mandal to Vathsala and Hanumantha Rao. He studied MBBS at Siddartha Medical College, Vijayawada under Acharya Nagarjuna University in 1989. Later, he did his M.S. in ophthalmology^[4] from JJM Medical College, Davanagiri in Karnataka under the Kuvempu University in 1992.^[5]

Career

He contested^[6] as a Bharat Rashtra Samithi candidate and won the Jagtial seat in the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election defeating T. Jeevan Reddy of Congress by 15,822 votes.^{[7][8][9][10]} In 2018, Jeevan Reddy, then a sitting MLA, lost by a bigger margin of 42,439 votes.^[2][11] Sanjay joined the Congress party on 23 June 2024 in the presence of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee chief and chief minister A Revanth Reddy.^[12]