Local businessman emerges as giant slayer, defeats Telangana CM and Congress leader in Kamareddy
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Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy emerged as a "double giant slayer" by defeating Telangana Chief Minister KCR and Congress leader Revanth Reddy in the Kamareddy constituency.
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Ramana Reddy began in politics with Congress, shifted to support TRS, joined BJP in 2018, but lost. He later built a strong local support base.
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Ramana Reddy owns the largest private school in Kamareddy, has 11 criminal cases against him, and his profession is listed as business.
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He championed farmers' protests against land acquisition for the proposed Kamareddy town master plan. This helped him gain support.
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Ramana Reddy won as many voters saw KCR and Revanth Reddy as "outsiders" compared to him as the "local" candidate.