Gummadi Narsaiah

Gummadi Narsaiah is an Indian politician. He contested and won as an Independent politician five terms as Member of the Legislative Assembly from Yellandu Assembly Constituency in Khammam district of Telangana.^[1][2][3] Yellandu is a ST reserved constituency. Narsaiah has contested on the ticket of CPI (ML) and won the segment several times.

In 2000 Narsaiah was a leader in a movement against rising electricity tariff rates^[4] Narsaiah was defeated by the TDP candidate Vooke Abbaiah in 2009 Assembly elections.^[5] He continued to speak out on political issues; for example, at the demonstration in Yellandu village concerning forestry rights.^[6]

Publications

• "An Open Letter to Chief Minister over the Atrocities of the Tribals Committed by the State's Police"), published in February 1986.

References

1. http://www.elections.in/telangana/assembly-constituencies/yellandu.html
2. "Gummadi Narsaiah sticks to his cycle for campaigning". The Hindu. April 11, 2014.
3. Frontline. 12, 1-8. S. Rangarajan for Kasturi & Sons. January 1995. p. 47.
4. "Drop cases against Basheer Bagh rally leaders". InNLive News Nov 8, 2012
5. N. K. Chowdhry (1995). Assembly Elections, 1994-95: An Analysis and Results. Shipra Publications. ISBN 978-81-85402-73-4.
6. "Tribal people press for rights on ‘podu lands’". The Hindu. January 11, 2015

External links

• Constituency profile
• An Open Letter to Chief Minister over the Atrocities of the Tribals Committed by the State's Police", Social Science Probings. People's Publishing House. 1987.