Raji Nimma

Career

And also served as a Minister (government) of Andhra Pradesh, he suffered a severe stroke and died due to a severe heart attack on 19 October 2009 in Cherial, Warangal District From 1962-1964, Foreign 2 years he was a Sarpanch for Veldhanda, Cherial, Warangal

From 1964-1978, Foreign 14 years Panchayat Raj Samithi President, Narmetta, Cherial, Warangal

In the year 1978, Contested in Assembly elections for the first time. From 1978- 1982 Bank chairman, Cherial, Warangal

In the year 1982, Joined North. T. Rama Rao"s Telugu Desam Party (TDP)

Nimma Raja Reddy, a lawyer by profession, from the age of 25 served his region for more than four decades in various roles.

Foreign the first time he contested Assembly elections in year 1978.

He served as Modern Language Association representing Cherial constituency, in Warangal district for two decades and also served as a minister for two portfolios, Finance Minister and Power and Handlooms Minister in the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Nimma Raja Reddy"s opposition to Chandrababu Naidu proved very costly for the Telugu Desam Party in Cherial constituency.

He also strongly supported Telangana moment, and then also supported Telangana Rashtra Samithi party after its foundation. In April 2004, Naidu, expelled him from the party along with three other senior members, Dharoor Pullaiah and C. Lakshmi Narasimha Reddy In the 2009 assembly elections, when Telangana Rashtra Samithi made an alliance with Telugu Desam Party, he opposed it and joined the Indian National Congress to show his hostility against Chandrababu Naidu.

Achievements

• He first won as village sarpanch and later as Samithi president and then as a Bank Chairman. After that he contested in 1983 and won consecutively on four occasions for the Telugu Desam Party. From then on until the end of Cherial constituency merger with Jangaon constituency, no leader representing Telugu Desam Party won Cherial constituency. He played a very crucial role in helping Ponnala Laxmiah from Congress Party to win 2009 Assembly Elections in the New Jangaon Merger Cherial constituency.

Politics

He entered into politics in the year 1962 at the age of 25 as an independent with out any political background and even with out any backing of any political party. Political In the year 1999, after Chandrababu Naidu’s coup on North. T. Rama Rao, Naidu declined an assembly ticket to Nimma Raja Reddy for not supporting the coup and for backing the founder of the party North. T. Rama Rao.

Membership

From 1978-1999, Served 21 years as an Modern Language Association Member of Andhra Pradesh Assembly, representing Telugu Desam Party, from Cherial constituency.