Career
He was among the most prominent cabinet ministers of the ruling Indian National Congress (Incorporated) & also served as Minister for Home, Jails, Fire Service, Sainik Welfare, Printing & Stationery government led by the late former Chief Minister Doctor Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy from 2004 to 2009. He was lost in 1994 to telugu Desam party candidate Gundeboina Rammoorthy Yadav
Jana Reddy was born in Anumula, a village near Historic Nagarjuna Sagar in the Nalgonda district. His political career initiated by joining the Telugu Desam Party founded by Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, and was first elected to the State Legislature from the Chalakurthi constituency of the Nalgonda district in 1983.
He was re-elected for 6 terms to the Assembly from the Chalakurthi constituency, and went on to hold portfolios such as Agriculture, Company-operative, Marketing, Forest, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Weights & Measures, C.A.D.,Transport, Roads & Buildings,Housing Panchayath Raj, Rural water scheme and Sanitation in the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
And at present he is the longest serving cabinet minister in government of Telangana breaking the record of Sri Kasu Bramanadha Reddy former chief minister of A.P.
He played an active role in reviving the Congress Party specifically in the Telangana Region to fight the then ruling Telugu Desam Party which lost the elections in 2004 to the Congress Party. Jana Reddy was sworn in as the Minister for Home Affairs in the 2004 Associated Press Cabinet for his progressive contribution to the Congress Party.
