Gaddam Vinod Kumar
Gaddam Vinod Kumar is a politician from Telangana state. He won as an MLA in 2004 in the united State of Andhra Pradesh and served as the Minister of Labour and Employment from 2004 to 2009 in the YS Rajasekhar Reddy cabinet.[1]
Political life
G Vinod inherited his father's legacy and entered politics and contested on a Congress party ticket from Chennur constituency in 1999 and lost. He was re-elected as an MLA to the Assembly for the first time in 2004 and served as the Minister of Labour and Employment from 2004 to 2009 in the YS Rajasekhar Reddy cabinet. G. Vinod contested the elections in 2009 and 2010 and lost. He left the Congress party on 2 June 2013 and joined the Telangana Rashtra Samithi at a time when the Telangana state movement was at its peak. After the formation of Telangana state, he rejoined the Congress on March 31, 2014.[2] In 2014, he contested the Chennur assembly seat and lost. G. Vinod later joined the TRS in 2016 and contested the 2018 Telangana Assembly elections as a BSP candidate from Bellampalli constituency and lost. G Vinod rejoined the Congress party in 2020 in wins Bellampalli with 82217 votes in Telangana Assembly Election
| year | constituency | Winning candidate | political party | rival | political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Chennur constituency | Boda Janardhan | TDP | G. Vinod | Congress Party |
| 2004 | Chennur constituency | G. Vinod | Congress Party | Boda Janardhan | TDP |
| 2009 | Chennur constituency | Nalla odelu | TRS | G. Vinod | Congress Party |
| 2010 'By-election' | Chennur constituency | Nalla odelu | TRS | G. Vinod | Congress Party |
| 2014 | Chennur constituency | Nalla odelu | TRS | G. Vinod | Congress Party |
| 2018 | Bellampalli constituency | Durgam Chinnayya | TRS | G. Vinod | Bahujan Samaj Party |
References
- ^ "Bellampalli Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: INC's Gaddam Vinod wins Bellampalli with 82217 votes". India Today. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
- ^ "Former Telangana minister Gaddam Vinod back in Congress". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2023-12-04.