Kunja Bojji కు౦జా బొజ్జి | |
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Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1985–1999 | |
Preceded by | Yerraiah Reddi Murla |
Succeeded by | Sunnam Rajaiah |
Constituency | Bhadrachalam , Andhra Pradesh |
Personal details | |
Born | Adavi | February 10, 1926
Died | April 12, 2021Khammam District, Andhra Pradesh | (aged 95) Venkannagudem,
Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Spouse | Subbalakshmi |
Kunja Bojji (10 February 1926 [1] – 12 April 2021) [2] was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He represented the Bhadrachalam seat in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly between 1985 and 1999. [3] [4] He belonged to the Koya community. [3]
Kunja Bojji was a courier for guerrillas during the Telangana armed struggle of the 1950s. In the 1970s he joined the CPI(M) and was elected a samiti member. [3] In 1985 he, along with two other CPI(M) leaders was ambushed by Naxalites and his companions were killed. [5]
In the 1985, 1989 and 1994 elections to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly he was elected with 42.37%, 50.82% and 62.55% vote share respectively. [4]
Bojji died from COVID-19 in 2021. [6]
Kunja Bojji కు౦జా బొజ్జి | |
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Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1985–1999 | |
Preceded by | Yerraiah Reddi Murla |
Succeeded by | Sunnam Rajaiah |
Constituency | Bhadrachalam , Andhra Pradesh |
Personal details | |
Born | Adavi | February 10, 1926
Died | April 12, 2021Khammam District, Andhra Pradesh | (aged 95) Venkannagudem,
Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Spouse | Subbalakshmi |
Kunja Bojji (10 February 1926 [1] – 12 April 2021) [2] was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He represented the Bhadrachalam seat in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly between 1985 and 1999. [3] [4] He belonged to the Koya community. [3]
Kunja Bojji was a courier for guerrillas during the Telangana armed struggle of the 1950s. In the 1970s he joined the CPI(M) and was elected a samiti member. [3] In 1985 he, along with two other CPI(M) leaders was ambushed by Naxalites and his companions were killed. [5]
In the 1985, 1989 and 1994 elections to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly he was elected with 42.37%, 50.82% and 62.55% vote share respectively. [4]
Bojji died from COVID-19 in 2021. [6]