M. V. Mysura Reddy

Shri Dr. M. V. Mysoora Reddy (Mysura Reddy) a politician from TDP is an Ex Member of the Parliament of India representing Andhra Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.

Dr M. V. Mysura Reddy was born on 28 February 1949 in a village Niduzuvvi near Yerraguntla in Kadapa District (Now YSR District). His maternal uncle, who was a village head mentored him during his early political life. He stopped practicing medicine and entered politics in 1981 when he won as the Samiti President of Kamalapuram in Panchayat elections. He later contested and won an assembly election as an independent candidate. Later, he joined the Congress and has remained in it for 25 years. He lost the 1983 elections and won the 1985, 1989 and 1999 elections. He lost in 1994 to the TDP candidate. During his Congress period he served as Home Minister in Shri Kotla Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy's cabinet and as a Transport Minister in Shri Nedurumalli Janardhan Reddy's cabinet. He quit Congress party and joined Telugu Desam Party. Later TDP sent him to Rajya Sabha as a Member of the Parliament. After joining TDP he lost parliament Loksabha elections three times. He now joined Telugu Desham Party. His complaint as TDP MP to the Indian Defense minister A.K.Anthony ordered a probe on the murkiness of multi-billion French Rafale aircraft deal.^[1][2][3]

After his complaint against Rafale selection, he resigned from TDP and joined YSR party whose supremo Y.S Jagan's brother-in-law Anil Kumar was involved in front companies funneling the kickbacks in the Agusta Westland VVIP Chopper scam.^[4][5]

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