Jupally Krishna Rao
జూపల్లి కృష్ణారావు
Minister for Excise and Prohibition, Tourism and Culture, MLA from Kollapur.
ABOUT
Jupally Krishna Rao (born 10 August 1955) is an Indian politician and was Minister of Telangana. He was elected as MLA in the Telangana Legislative Assembly from Kollapur and won elections 5 times. He lost in 2018 assembly elections.
Jupally Krishna Rao was born in Pedda Dagada village in Mahbubnagar district, Telangana, India. In 2018 general election,
Jupally Krishna Rao started his career as a bank employee and gradually succeeded in construction business. He was elected as an MLA from Kollapur constituency in Mahbubnagar district in 1999, 2004, 2009, 2012 by-elections & 2014. He was earlier a Minister for Food, Civil supplies, Legal Metrology, Consumer affairs in YS Rajasekhar Reddy's cabinet. Later in Kiran Kumar Reddy's cabinet, he was given Endowment Ministry in Andhra Pradesh. He is the first MLA from Kollapur Constituency who got elected 5 times consecutively.
