Puvvada Ajay Kumar is an Indian Politician, who is the former Transport Minister of Telangana from 2019 to 2023. He is also the chairman of Mamata Academy of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, and Mamata Medical, Nursing and Dental colleges in Khammam. He was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly from Khammam constituency.[2] Later, he joined in Telangana Rastra Samiti.[3]

Puvvada Ajay Kumar +91- 9866622568
Minister of Transport
Government of Telangana
In office
08 September 2019 – 03 December 2023
Chief MinisterK. Chandrasekhar Rao
Preceded byP. Mahender Reddy
Succeeded byPonnam Prabhakar
Member of Telangana Legislative assembly
In office
2014–2023
Preceded byThummala Nageswara Rao
Succeeded byThummala Nageshwar Rao
ConstituencyKhammam
Personal details
Born (1965-04-19) 19 April 1965 (age 59)[1]
NationalityIndian
Political partyTelangana Rashtra Samithi
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionM.Sc. (Agriculture from Bangalore)

Career

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Initially, his political career started as Central Executive Council member of the YSR Congress Party.[4] Later, he contested as Member of Legislative Assembly from Indian National Congress party[5] and elected to Legislative Assembly of Telangana in General Elections 2014.[2] Finally in 2016, he quit Indian National Congress Party and joined in Telangana Rastra Samithi.[3] In 2019 he was appointed as the Minister of Transport of Telangana.

References

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  1. ^ https://www.telanganalegislature.org.in/web/legislative-assembly/members-information?p_auth=y6qkYZn5&p_p_id=AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_count=1&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_const_id=112&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_javax.portlet.action=getMemberDetails&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_mem_id=3189&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_term_id=15
  2. ^ a b Statistical Report on General Elections 2014 to Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh (PDF). Election Commission of India. 2014. p. 10.
  3. ^ a b "Khammam MLA quits Congress; to join TRS". The Hindu. 25 April 2016.
  4. ^ "High post for Puvvada's son in YSR Congress". The Hindu. 25 March 2012.
  5. ^ List of Contesting Candidates (Form 7A) - AC Phase - 1 (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Telangana. 2014. p. 5.
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