Sudini Jaipal Reddy (born
16 January 1942) is a member of the 14th
Lok Sabha of
India. He represents the
Miryalguda constituency of
Andhra Pradesh and is a member of the
Indian National Congress. He is currently the Cabinet Minister of Urban Development.He has an
M.A. from the
Osmania University,
Hyderabad. He is
disabled and uses
crutches. Between 1969 and 1984 he was an
MLA of Kalwakurthy, a constituency in Andhra Pradesh for four terms. He was a member of the Congress Party but quit it to protest against the
emergency and joined the
Janata Party in 1977. He contested the 1980 Lok Sabha elections unsuccessfully from
Medak against
Indira Gandhi. He was the general secretary of the Janata Party from 1985 to 1988. He was elected to the Lok Sabha four times: the 8th Lok Sabha in 1984 (in alliance with
TDP), the 12th in
1998 (again as ally of TDP), the 13th in 1999 (as a member of the Congress Party) and the
14th in 2004 (as a member of the Congress Party). He was also a member of the
Rajya Sabha on two occasions, 1990–1996 and 1997–1998. He also held the position of leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha for a year from June 1991 to June 1992. In 1999–2000, he was the Chairman of Committee of privileges. 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.
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