Manda Jagannath

Indian politician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroIndian politician
PlacesIndia
isPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth22 May 1951, Andhra Pradesh, India
Age73 years
Star signGemini
Politics:Telugu Desam Party Telangana Rashtra Samithi Indian National Congress
The details

Biography

Dr. Manda Jagannath (Telugu: మంద జగన్నాథ్; born 22 May 1951) is an Indian politician, was a member of the 11th, 13th, 14th & 15th Lok Sabha of India representing Nagarkurnool constituency. He belongs to Telangana Rashtra Samithi party.

Early life

Manda Jagannadham was born in Mahbubnagar district, Telangana. He holds a bachelor's degree in medicine. He did his MBBS from Osmania University.

Career

After graduating with a medicine degree he worked as a doctor in Mahbubnagar and Hyderabad.

Political career

He was one among the 5 members representing Telugu Desam Party in Lok Sabha, and a member of the party's Polit Bureau, its decision-making body . He was expelled from Telugu Desam for taking bribe from Congress and voted against Telugu Desam Party. He was expelled & disqualified from Lok Sabha by speaker Somnath Chatterjee for voting against party's WHIP. He represents the Nagarkurnool constituency of Andhra Pradesh.

He switched to the Indian National Congress party during the No Confidence Motion. He was reelected in 2009. On 29 December 2008 Mr Jagannath appointed as Andhra Pradesh govt's special representative in New Delhi.

TRS Party

He joined in TRS party at the peak of Telangana agitation.

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