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Korukanti Chandar
Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
17 January 2019
Preceded bySomarapu Satyanarayana
ConstituencyRamagundam
Personal details
Born (1972-09-23) 23 September 1972 (age 52)
Ramagundam, Telangana, India
Political partyTelangana Rashtra Samithi
Spouse(s)K. Vijaya
(died 2018)
Parents
  • K. Mallaiah (father)
  • Laxmi (mother)

Korukanti Chandar Patel (born 23 September 1972) is an elected representative from Ramagundam constituency[1] in the Telangana Legislative Assembly. In the 2018 Telangana Assembly elections, he defeated his nearest rival, Somarapu Satyanarayana, by a margin of 26,090 votes.[2] He played an important role during the late 2000s Telangana Separate State Movement spearheaded by now-CM, K.Chandrashekar Rao, conducting a 48 km Telangana Saadhana Padyatra and subsequently spending 45 days in judicial custody.

Early life

Korukanti Chandar was born on 23 September 1972, the second child of Lakshmi and Mallaiah. He is an MA Political Science graduate.

Political life

He was the general Secretary of the Telugu Yuvatha in Godavarikhani between 1993 and 1997 and later in Ramagundam from 1997-99. He joined the Telangana Rashtra Samithi in 2001 upon Koppula Eshwar's advice and soon took up the reins of spearheading the separate state movement in Ramagundam and surrounding districts.

References

  1. ^ The Hindu Net Desk (11 December 2018). "Telangana Assembly elections 2018: Rebel candidate K. Chander Patel snatches victory from TRS in Ramagundam". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Ramagundam Election Result 2018 Live Updates: Korukanti Chandar Patel of AIFB Wins". News18. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2020.