Gummadi Narsaiah

Gummadi Narsaiah is an Indian politician and leading member of Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) New Democracy. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly for Yellandu between 1983-1994 and 1999-2009, elected as an Independent.[1][2][3] He has earned a reputation among members in the constituency as a people's man.[4] Narsaiah was defeated by the Telugu Desam Party candidate Vooke Abbaiah in 2009 Assembly elections.[5]

In 2000 Narsaiah was a leader in a movement against rising electricity tariff rates[6] and more recently in demonstrations for forestry rights.[7]

Publications

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

References

  1. "Yellandu Election Result 2018 Live Updates: Candidate List, Winner, Runner-up MLA List". Elections in India. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  2. "Gummadi Narsaiah sticks to his cycle for campaigning". The Hindu. 11 April 2014.
  3. Frontline. 12, 1-8. S. Rangarajan for Kasturi & Sons. January 1995. p. 47.
  4. Ganeshan, Balakrishna. "A meeting with Narsaiah, 5-time MLA and CPI (ML)'s only hope in Telangana". The News Minute. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  5. N. K. Chowdhry (1995). Assembly Elections, 1994-95: An Analysis and Results. Shipra Publications. ISBN 978-81-85402-73-4.
  6. "Drop cases against Basheer Bagh rally leaders". InNLive News 8 November 2012
  7. "Tribal people press for rights on ‘podu lands’". The Hindu. 11 January 2015
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