Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu

Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu
Member of Parliament
In office
1996-2009
Preceded byKanithi Viswanatham
Succeeded byKilli Krupa Rani
ConstituencySrikakulam
Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
for Harishchandrapuram
In office
1983–1996
Preceded byKannipally Appla Narasimha Bhuktha
Succeeded byKinjarapu Atchannaidu
Personal details
Born(1957-02-23)23 February 1957
Nimmada, Andhra Pradesh
Died2 November 2012(2012-11-02) (aged 55)
Ranasthalam, Andhra Pradesh
Political partyTelugu Desam Party
RelationsKinjarapu Atchannaidu (brother)
ChildrenRam Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu (son)
Adireddy Bhavani (daughter)

Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu (23 February 1957 – 2 November 2012) was an Indian politician.

Early life

Yerran Naidu was born on 23 February 1957, in a Koppula Velama family in Nimmada, a remote village in the Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh. He has a brother, Kinjarapu Atchannaidu, who is also a politician. He has a son Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, who is also a politician.

Career

Naidu obtained a law degree with first division from the Andhra University in Visakhapatnam, and joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 1982 when it was formed by popular Telugu cinema actor N. T. Rama Rao.

In 1983, Naidu was elected to the state assembly from Harishchandrapuram in his native district at the age of 25, becoming one of the youngest Members of the Legislative Assembly(MLA). He was re-elected in 1985. Denied a TDP ticket in 1989, he fought as an independent and was re-elected to the assembly. He later returned to the party fold and was elected for the fourth consecutive term in 1994.

He backed N. Chandrababu Naidu when the latter led a revolt against N.T. Rama Rao and became a minister in 1995. He was the Government Chief Whip from 1995 to 1996.

Popularly known as Yeranna among TDP circles, Naidu was fielded by the party in the 1996 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh. Elected to the Lok Sabha from the Srikakulam constituency, he emerged as a key TDP leader in national politics. With the TDP joining the United Front Government, Naidu became a minister at the centre, holding the portfolio of Rural Development and Employment.

He retained the Lok Sabha seat in the 1998 and 1999 elections. Two days before polling in the 2004 elections, he survived an assassination bid by Naxalites (Maoist Communists) who attempted to bomb his vehicle in Singupuram town in Srikakulam district. Re-elected to parliament, he was made the party leader in the Lok Sabha.[citation needed]

In the 2009 elections, Naidu was defeated by the Congress party's Killi Krupa Rani, who was inducted into the Union ministry on 28 October 2012.

Death

Naidu died from a heart attack after a car accident in his native district Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh around 2:00 am of 2 November 2012 while returning from a marriage ceremony at Visakhapatnam.The incident took place when a car in which he was travelling hit an oil tanker from behind near Ranasthalam in Srikakulam district in north coastal Andhra, about 25 km from Srikakulam. A severely-injured Naidu was transported to Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) in Srikakulam town, where the doctors' efforts to resuscitate him failed. He was declared dead around 3:30 am.


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