Jagga Reddy

T Jayaprakash Reddy, popularly known as Jagga Reddy, is an Indian politician who is the Working President of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee since 28 June 2021. He was a member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly for Sangareddy constituency from 2018 to 2023.

Political career He started career as a councilor in BJP and then became municipal chairman. He won as TRS MLA in 2004, left the party to join the Congress. He was re-elected in 2009, but had lost in 2014. He contested 2014 by poll from Medak (Lok Sabha constituency) being BJP candidate and lost. He again joined Congress in 2015.

Electoral History

Year Constituency Party Votes % Opponent Opponent Party Opponent Votes % Result Margin % 2004 Sangareddy TRS 51,101 42.06% K. Satyanarayana TDP 34,674 28.54% Won 16,427 13.52% 2009 INC 60,375 42.12% Chinta Prabhakar TRS 45,203 31.54% Won 15,172 10.58% 2014 53,338 32.22% Chinta Prabhakar TRS 82,860 50.06% Lost -29,522 -17.84% 2014 (By) Medak BJP 186,334 17.65% Kotha Prabhakar Reddy TRS 547,611 51.87% Lost (3rd) -361,277 -34.22% 2018 Sangareddy INC 76,572 46.20% Chinta Prabhakar TRS 73,983 44.60% Won 2,589 1.60% 2023 74,895 39.94% Chinta Prabhakar BRS 83,112 44.32% Lost -8,217 -4.38%

Allegations In September 2018 he was detained on charges of impersonation, forgery, cheating and human trafficking on allegations that Reddy in 2004 trafficked three persons from Hyderabad to the United States using passports secured on the names of his wife, daughter and son.