Janga Reddy, BJP MP who defeated PV passes away
The Hindu
He was one of the two BJP MPs in Lok Sabha in 1984
Chandupatla Janga Reddy, former BJP MP, who shot to fame defeating P.V. Narasimha Rao from Hanamakonda Parliament constituency in 1984, passed away on Saturday due to age related issues.
A Jan Sangh activist from his early days, Mr. Reddy dedicated his life to the ideology of the Jan Sangh and later the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). His body was kept at the BJP headquarters in the city for people to pay their last respects. He would be cremated in Warangal later this evening.
Known as a giant killer for defeating the Congress stalwart P.V. Narasimha Rao, who later went on to become the Prime Minister of the country, Mr. Reddy was one of the two BJP MPs in the Lok Sabha. The other was A.K Patel elected from Mehsana in Gujarat. Even the top BJP leaders including Atal Behari Vajpayee lost the election held in the aftermath of Indira Gandhi’s assassination.