Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Nationality Indian Preceded by Vayalar Ravi Name Jaipal Reddy Succeeded by Jitendra Singh | Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Spouse Lakshmi Reddy (m. 1960) Siblings S. Ram Reddy Preceded by Ashwani Kumar Education Osmania University | |
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Preceded by Constituency established Born 16 January 1942 (age 82)
Madgul, Hyderabad State, British India
(now in Telangana, India) ( 1942-01-16 ) Similar People Mani Shankar Aiyar, Revanth Reddy, Navin Chawla, Sharmila Tagore, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi | ||
Political party Indian National Congress | ||
Modi not aware about indian history says jaipal reddy tv5 news
Sudini Jaipal Reddy (born 16 January 1942) is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India and was the Minister of Science and Technology. He represented the Chevella constituency of Telangana and is a member of the Indian National Congress. He served as a Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting in IK Gujral cabinet in 1998. In 1999 he returned to Indian National Congress after 21 years. In 2004 he was re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha from Miryalguda Constituency and then he served as a Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Union Minister for Urban Development in United Progressive Alliance-1. In 2009 he was re-elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the Chevella constituency and served as a Union Minister for Urban Development and Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas. He was the Union Minister for the Ministry of Earth Sciences and the Ministry of Science and Technology from 29 October 2012 to 18 May 2014.
Contents
- Modi not aware about indian history says jaipal reddy tv5 news
- Telugu News Special Story On Jaipal Reddy As Vice President Of India TV5 Part 01
- Personal life
- Career
- Removal from the Oil Ministry
- Positions held
- References
Telugu News - Special Story On Jaipal Reddy As Vice President Of India (TV5) - Part 01
Personal life
Reddy was born in Nermatta, a village in Chandur Mandal in Nalgonda District in Telangana State but is actually from Maadgula, Mahbubnagar district in Telangana. He has been polio-stricken since he was 18-months old, and uses crutches to walk.
He has an M.A. from the Osmania University, Hyderabad.
He has been an agriculturist. His favourite pastime is reading and has visited many countries. He married Lakshmi on 7 May 1960. The couple have two sons and one daughter.
Career
Jaipal Reddy was an MLA of Kalwakurthy between 1969 and 1984, a constituency in Andhra Pradesh for four terms. He was a member of the Congress Party but quit to protest against the emergency and joined the Janata Party in 1977.
He contested the 1980 Lok Sabha elections unsuccessfully from Medak against Indira Gandhi. He was the general secretary of the Janata Party from 1985 to 1988. He was elected to the Lok Sabha five times: the 8th Lok Sabha in 1984 (in alliance with Telugu Desam Party (TDP)), the 12th in 1998 (again as ally of TDP), the 13th in 1999 (as a member of the Congress Party), the 14th in 2004 (as a member of the Congress Party, Miryalaguda constituency) and the 15th in 2009 (as a member of the Congress Party). He was also a member of the Rajya Sabha on two occasions, 1990–1996 and 1997–1998.
He also held the position of leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha for a year from June 1991 to June 1992. In 1999–2000, he was the Chairman of Committee of privileges. He served as the minister for Information and Broadcasting in the government on two occasions: in 1997–1998 under I. K. Gujral and from 2004 under Manmohan Singh with additional responsibility for Culture. He also served as the minister for Urban Development and Petroleum and Natural Gas.
He acted as the spokesman for several parties of which he has been a member and was awarded the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award in 1998. He was the first from South India and the youngest parliamentarian to achieve this award.
Removal from the Oil Ministry
The last cabinet reshuffle of the UPA-II government took place on 28 October 2012. Jaipal Reddy was shifted from his current ministry to the Science and Technology ministry. The oil ministry had imposed a fine of 7000 Rs. crores on Mukesh Ambani's company for the sharp drop in production of gas and violations mentioned in CAG's 2011 report. Further, the oil ministry did not approve company's US$7.2 billion stake in deal with BP. Opposition parties including the BJP, SP, and AAP said that he was removed owing to alleged pressure from the corporate houses, particularly from the Reliance group of Industries. However he refuted the claims and said that he needs to understand the new portfolio.