Konathala Rama Krishna

Konathala Ramakrishna (born 4 January 1957) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is a two-time Member of Parliament from Anakapalle Lok Sabha constituency and also a former MLA from Anakapalli Assembly constituency and a state minister in the Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy government before serving as Andhra Pradesh Congress parliament members convener from 1991 to 1996.

Early life and education Ramakrishna was born in Anakapalli in a business family of Gavara community. His father is Konathala Subramanyam.

Career Ramakrishna started his political career with Indian National Congress in 1982. In 1989, he contested as an MP candidate of Congress from Anakapalle Parliamentary constituency and won by a slender margin of 9 votes defeating Telugu Desam Party candidate P. Appalanarasimham. He retained the MP seat for Congress defeating the same candidate in 1991. However, he lost the same seat in the 1996 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh.

He was a state minister in the Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy government before serving as Andhra Pradesh Congress parliament members convener from 1991 to 1996. He was the Minister for Commercial Taxes in the late Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy government from 2004 to 2009. In June 2016, he staged a dharna to demand funds for the Babu Jagjeevanram Uttarandhra Sujala Sravanthi irrigation project.

He is nominated to contest the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Anakapalli constituency on Jana Sena Party which he joined in January 2024. He said that they were only political rivals but always had good relationship outside politics. However, many TDP cadre were unhappy that a turncoat was given the seat.