Malyala Rajaiah

Malyala Rajaiah
Member of the Legislative Assembly
In office
1985–1989
ConstituencyAndhol
Cabinet minister, Finance and Power, Andhra Pradesh
In office
February 1989 – November 1989
Member of the Legislative Assembly
In office
1994–1998
ConstituencyAndhol
Cabinet minister, Housing, Andhra Pradesh
In office
1996–1998
Member of Parliament, 12th Lok Sabha
In office
1998–1999
ConstituencySiddipet[1]
Member of Parliament, 13th Lok Sabha
In office
1999–2004
ConstituencySiddipet[2]
Personal details
Born25 February 1944
Vedira, Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh
Died15 October 2018
Warasiguda
Political partyTelugu Desam Party[3]
SpouseM. Anasuya Devi
Children4

Malyala Rajaiah[4] (25 February 1944 - 15 October 2018) was an Indian politician and the Member of parliament who represented Siddipet parliamentary constituency from 1998 to 2004, and served as the member of legislative assembly for Andhol constituency in 1985 which only ended in 1998 until he contested 12th Lok Sabha and 13th General elections of India.[5][6][7]

Life and background

Malyala Rajaiah was born on 25 February 1944 in Vedira village of Karimnagar, Telangana. He did Bachelor of Arts in Hyderabad from a college and Bachelor of Laws at Osmania University, Hyderabad. He started practising as an Advocate in Secunderabad city civil court.[5]

Career

Prior to his political engagement, he was serving as a Judge in state of Andhra Pradesh from 1979 to 1985. He practiced as an Advocate from 1975 to 1979.Before that, he had also worked in South central Railways for 8 years. In 1985, he contested assembly election and assumed office as a Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was appointed as a Chairman of Estimates legislative committee which he has served for 4 years, until 1989, and as a Finance and Power minister from February to November in N.T.Rama Rao’s Cabinet. In 1994, he was re-elected for the assembly and was appointed as a chairman of SC legislative committee. He was appointed as a Member of TTD( Thirupati Thirumala Devasthanam) board in 1994. In 1996, when he was serving as MLA, he was credited with state Housing ministry until 1998. It was 1998 when he contested 12th General elections of India from Siddipet constituency and served as a member of parliament until 1999. He was then re-elected in 13th Lok Sabha elections with highest majority in the State and remained in office till 2004. During this period, he was the member of parliamentary committee on Defence, Industries and parliamentary committee on SC’s and ST’s.[8]

Personal life

Malyala Rajaiah was born to Malyala Mallaiah and Durgamma on 25 February 1944. He was married at a very young age to "M. Anasuya Devi" on 23 May 1964. He had two sons, Srinivas and Ravinder, and two daughters Sharada and Saroja.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Malyala Rajaiah, Siddipet Lok Sabha Elections 1998 in India LIVE Results - Latest News, Articles & Statistics". LatestLY. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Members : Lok Sabha". Parliament of India, Lok Sabha. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  3. ^ "MALYALA RAJAIAH Lok Sabha Candidate : Search Result". Lok Sabha elections, Vidhan Sabha elections. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Regarding Need To Restore Vacancy Based Roster In Place Of Post Based ... on 19 March, 2001". Indian Kanoon. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Members : Lok Sabha". Parliament of India, Lok Sabha. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Malyala Rajaiah passes away". Y This News. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  7. ^ P, Arun Kumar (19 February 2020). "మాజీ మంత్రి రాజయ్య మృతి". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (in Telugu). Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Shri Malyala Rajaiah MP biodata Siddipet-SC". ENTRANCEINDIA. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2020.