Gummadi Narsaiah

Gummadi Narsaiah is an Indian politician and leading member of Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) New Democracy. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly for Yellandu between 1983-1994 and 1999–2009, elected as an Independent.^[1][2][3] He has earned a reputation among members in the constituency as a people's man.^[4] Narsaiah was defeated by the Telugu Desam Party candidate Vooke Abbaiah in 2009 Assembly elections.^[5]

Gummadi Narsaiah
Constituency	Yellandu
Personal details
Political party	Communist Party of India
Occupation	Politician

In 2000 Narsaiah was a leader in a movement against rising electricity tariff rates^[6] and more recently in demonstrations for forestry rights.^[7] Parameshwar Hivrale is Directing a biopic on Gummadi Narsaiah. It is based on the lifestyle of Gummadi Narsaiah and it will release at the end of 2023.

Publications

• "An Open Letter to Chief Minister over the Atrocities on the Tribals Committed by the State's Police"), published in February 1986.

References

1. "Yellandu Election Result 2018 Live Updates: Candidate List, Winner, Runner-up MLA List". Elections in India. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
2. "Gummadi Narsaiah sticks to his cycle for campaigning". The Hindu. 11 April 2014.
3. Frontline. Vol. 12, 1–8. S. Rangarajan for Kasturi & Sons. January 1995. p. 47.
4. Ganeshan, Balakrishna. "A meeting with Narsaiah, 5-time MLA and CPI (ML)'s only hope in Telangana". The News Minute. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
5. N. K. Chowdhry (1995). Assembly Elections, 1994-95: An Analysis and Results. Shipra Publications. ISBN 978-81-85402-73-4.
6. "Drop cases against Basheer Bagh rally leaders". InNLive News 8 November 2012
7. "Tribal people press for rights on ‘podu lands’". The Hindu. 11 January 2015

External links

• Constituency profile
• "An Open Letter to Chief Minister over the Atrocities of the Tribals Committed by the State's Police", Social Science Probings. People's Publishing House. 1987.