Swamy Goud

Kanakamamidi Swamy Goud (born 5 July 1954) is an Indian politician. He was the Chairman of Telangana Legislative Council from 2014–2019.[1] He is convener of Telangana Joint Action Committee.[2][3][4] He is a member of TRS politburo.

K. Swamy Goud
Swamy at the US as of October 2015
Born (1954-07-05) 5 July 1954
NationalityIndian
OccupationTelangana Legislative Council Chairman, TRS
Known forTelangana activism

Goud won the legislative council seat from Karimnagar graduate constituency that went to polls with five other seats on 21 February. Goud polled 33,000 first preferential votes to win the Karimnagar graduates' seat.

Early life

Goud was born in Kismatpur, Rajendranagar mandal, Ranga Reddy district of Telangana.

Career

He worked with Andhra Pradesh Government for over 30 years. He was an active member of the trade union.

He started his career as an Attender.

During the 1977 cyclone in Krishna district, he helped perform cremations, supplying clothes and food under the guidance of Thomas.

He was a big activist for Telangana statehood and actively participated in all the agitations. He was one of the people behind the employees strike for Telangana called Sakala Janula Samme.[5] He retired from government service on 31 July 2012.

He joined the political party Telangana Rashtra Samithi in November 2012 and was made its Politburo member.[6] He was elected as an MLC from Karimnagar by securing 92.68% beating previous record of 85% by Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

References
  1. "K Swamy Goud MLC Profile". 5 July 2016.
  2. B. Chandrashekhar (22 October 2012). "States / Andhra Pradesh : Naidu's padayatra enters 'T' sans opposition". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  3. BV Shiva Shankar, TNN 9 Nov 2012, 06.19PM IST (9 November 2012). "Eying monopoly on Telangana, KCR vetoes; T-JAC meeting postponed - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 16 November 2012.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. Telangana Non-Gazetted Officers Association president
  5. TNN 11 Feb 2012, 01.41AM IST (11 February 2012). "Telangana NGOs sound strike threat - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  6. Business Standard. "Swamy Goud joins TRS". Business Standard. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
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