Jaipal Reddy

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Sudini Jaipal Reddy
Jaipal Reddy in 2007
7th Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha
In office 22 July 1991 – 29 June 1992
Vice President	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Preceded by	M. S. Gurupadaswamy
Succeeded by	Sikander Bakht
17th Union Minister of Science and Technology
In office 29 October 2012 – 18 May 2014
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Vayalar Ravi
Succeeded by	Jitendra Singh
6th Union Minister of Earth Sciences
In office 19 October 2012 – 18 May 2014
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Vayalar Ravi
Succeeded by	Jitendra Singh
38th Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas
In office 19 January 2011 – 28 October 2012
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Murli Deora
Succeeded by	Veerappa Moily
35th Union Minister of Urban Development
In office 18 November 2005 – 19 January 2011
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Manmohan Singh
Succeeded by	Kamal Nath
4th Union Minister of Culture
In office 23 May 2004 – 29 January 2006
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Jagmohan
Succeeded by	Ambika Soni
23rd Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting
In office 23 May 2004 – 18 November 2005
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Ravi Shankar Prasad
Succeeded by	Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
In office 1 May 1997 – 19 March 1998
Prime Minister	Inder Kumar Gujral
Preceded by	C. M. Ibrahim
Succeeded by	Sushma Swaraj
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 29 September 1997 – 2 March 1998
Preceded by	N. Giri Prasad
Succeeded by	Yadlapati Venkata Rao
Constituency	Andhra Pradesh
In office 10 April 1990 – 9 April 1996
Preceded by	Puttapaga Radhakrishna
Succeeded by	Yalamanchili Radhakrishna Murthy
Constituency	Andhra Pradesh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Constituency Established
Succeeded by	Konda Vishweshwar Reddy
Constituency	Chevella
In office 1999–2009
Preceded by	Baddam Narsimha Reddy
Succeeded by	Constituency Dissolved
Constituency	Miryalguda
In office 1998–1999
Preceded by	Mallikarjun Goud
Succeeded by	A. P. Jithender Reddy
Constituency	Mahbubnagar
In office 1984–1989
Preceded by	Mallikarjun Goud
Succeeded by	Mallikarjun Goud
Constituency	Mahbubnagar
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
In office 1969–1984
Preceded by	G Reddy
Succeeded by	J.Chittaranjan Das
Constituency	Kalwakurthy
Personal details
Born	(1942-01-16)16 January 1942 Narmetta, Hyderabad State, British India (now Narmetta, Nalgonda, Telangana, India)
Died	28 July 2019(2019-07-28) (aged 77) Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Political party	Indian National Congress (1969-1978) (1999-2019)
Other political affiliations	Janata Dal (1985-1998) Janata Party (1978-1984)
Spouse	Lakshmi
Children	2 sons and 1 daughter
Residence(s)	Madgul, Telangana, India
Occupation	Farmer
Profession	Politician
Cabinet	Gujral ministry (1997-1998) First Manmohan Singh ministry (2004-2009) Second Manmohan Singh ministry (2009-2014)
Portfolio	1. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 2. Ministry of Culture 3. Ministry of Urban Development 4. Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas 5. Ministry of Earth Sciences 6. Ministry of Science and Technology
Website	sjaipalreddy.com

Sudini Jaipal Reddy (16 January 1942 – 28 July 2019) was an Indian politician who was the Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha of India for five terms.^[1] He represented the Chevella constituency of Telangana and was a member of the Indian National Congress. He served as a Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting in the I. K. Gujral cabinet in 1998. In 1999 he returned to Indian National Congress after 21 years. In 2004 he was re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha from Miryalaguda Lok Sabha Constituency and then he served as a Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Union Minister for Urban Development in the United Progressive Alliance-1.^[2] In 2009 he was re-elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the Chevella constituency and served as a Union Minister for Urban Development and Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas. He was the Union Minister for the Ministry of Earth Sciences and the Ministry of Science and Technology from 29 October 2012 to 18 May 2014.

Reddy was born in Nermatta, a village in Chandur Mandal in Nalgonda District in Telangana State but is actually from Madgula, Mahabub Nagar district (now Ranga Reddy District) in Telangana. He had been polio-stricken since he was 18-months old,^[3] and used crutches to walk.^[4]

He had an M.A. from the Osmania University, Hyderabad. He had been an agriculturist. He married Lakshmi on 7 May 1960. The couple had two sons and one daughter.^[5]

Reddy was a student leader during his college life and in 1970s he joined the Indian National Congress.^[6] He became an MLA of Kalwakurthy in Andhra Pradesh.^[6]

Reddy was an MLA of Kalwakurthy between 1969 and 1984, a constituency in Andhra Pradesh for four terms.^[6] He quit his membership of the Congress Party to protest against the emergency and joined the Janata Party in 1977 and later on its splinter Janata Dal.^[6] He was the general secretary of the Janata Party from 1985 to 1988.^[6] He was elected to the 8th Lok Sabha in 1984 from Mahbubnagar Lok Sabha.^[6] He rejoined the Congress Party in 1999 and was elected to the 14th in 2004 from Miryalaguda constituency and the 15th in 2009 from Chavella.^[6] He was also a member of the Rajya Sabha on two occasions, 1990–1996 and 1997–1998.^[6]

He also held the position of leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha for a year from June 1991 to June 1992.^[6] He served as the minister for Information and Broadcasting in the government on two occasions: in 1997–1998 under I. K. Gujral and from 2004 under Manmohan Singh with additional responsibility for Culture. He also served as the minister for Urban Development and Petroleum and Natural Gas.^[6]

He acted as the spokesman for several parties of which he has been a member and was awarded the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award in 1998.^[7] He was the first from South India and the youngest parliamentarian to achieve this award.^[8]

The last cabinet reshuffle of the UPA-II government took place on 28 October 2012. Reddy was shifted from his current ministry to the Science and Technology ministry after he differed on the gas allocation to Reliance and his refusal to accept demands of Reliance.^[6] The oil ministry had imposed a fine of 7000 Rs. crores on Mukesh Ambani's company for the sharp drop in production of gas and violations mentioned in CAG's 2011 report. Further, the oil ministry did not approve company's US$7.2 billion stake in deal with BP.^[9][10] Opposition parties including the BJP, SP, and AAP said that he was removed owing to alleged pressure from the corporate houses, particularly from the Reliance group of Industries. However he refuted the claims and said that he needed to understand the new portfolio.^[11][12][13]

Reddy died on 28 July 2019 at AIG Hospital, Gachibowli in Hyderabad of pneumonia.^[14]

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