The Amara Raja Group began its humble journey within a year of Rao taking oath of office the second time. His father, Dr Ramachandra Galla, only came back on the call of TDP founder and chief minister NT Rama Rao, who urged NRIs to invest in their home state. Jay has been chosen as the flag-bearer for his polished profile, zero criminal cases, his entrepreneurial background and foreign education.īorn in Chittoor in 1966, Jay’s family soon moved to the US, where he stayed for more than two decades. Amaravati is the showpiece for Chandrababu Naidu’s dream of building a new Andhra, much like the way he had turned Hyderabad into a modern technopolis. Jay though has loads of other responsibilities: his constituency falls within the core capital region of Amaravati. It also drove home the point that in the coming days, the richest Lok Sabha MP would be the TDP’s voice in the Capital. The speech, delivered with a heavy American accent, made him the cynosure of all television channels and his presence was acknowledged by leaders cutting across party lines. Karnataka polls win no guarantee Congress will perform well in 2024: Prashant Kishor Karnataka Results: What the poll outcome means as 2024 nearsĪs a politician, Jay’s tryst with destiny began on a cloudy July day during the Monsoon Session of Parliament last year when he was chosen to lead the charge against the Narendra Modi government for reneging on its promise of granting special status to Andhra Pradesh. Rajagopala’s daughter, and Jay’s mother, Aruna Kumari was an MLA and a minister in YS Rajasekhara Reddy’s (YSR) Cabinet before moving to the TDP after the state was split. It was during his stint in the Congress that Rajagopala met the young Nara Chandrababu Naidu and took him under his wings. Known as Ranga’s shadow, Naidu joined the Congress in the 1970s along with his mentor and won from Chittoor when Ranga moved to the Rajya Sabha. Jay’s grandfather Patuli Rajagopala Naidu was a freedom fighter who was closely associated with NG Ranga, founder-president of the Swatantra Party, and looked after his constituency in Chittoor and later Guntur. ![]() His family has a long history in the field. And though the industrialist was making his electoral debut in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he is no political novice. The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader is the managing director of the Amara Raja Group-makers of Amaron batteries-which generated more than $1 billion in revenue in the previous financial year. ![]() Jay, as he is known among friends and colleagues, is seeking re-election despite his party finding itself in a tough spot after winning the Guntur seat in 2014 on the back of a wave of sentiment following the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. ![]() The richest member of the outgoing 16th Lok Sabha is probably right on the money. "Today, the trust factor is low for a politician, and when it comes to an industrialist entering politics it’s the lowest,” says Jayadev Galla.
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