Eatala Rajendar
BJP | Gajwel | Telangana
Eatala Rajendar is the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Gajwel (General) constituency in Siddipet district of Telangana in the 2023 Assembly elections. His profession according to the election affidavit filed with the Election Commission is: Agriculture. Eatala Rajendar's educational qualifications are: Graduate and is of 59 years of age. His total declared assets are Rs 53.9 crore which includes Rs 26.7 crore in moveable assets and Rs 27.3 crore as immoveable assets. The total declared income is Rs 1.6 crore of which Rs 13 lakh is self income. Eatala Rajendar has total liabilities of Rs 19 crore. This BJP candidate, in the election affidavit mentioned 39 criminal cases registered against him.
About Eatala Rajendar
Etela Rajender is in one of the biggest electoral battles of his political career as he faces his former boss and incumbent Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao. He served as a minister in the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (formerly TRS) before joining the BJP in July 2021. Rajender was dismissed from the Cabinet over land grabbing allegations in Medak district, claiming unfair targeting by a faction within the party due to his influence in the BRS. A former student leader, he joined the TRS in 2003 and was elected as an MLA for the first time from Kamalapur Assembly constituency (united Andhra) in 2004, defeating sitting MLA Muddasani Damodar Reddy. He also served as the TRS floor leader in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Rajender was re-elected in 2008 from the same seat, which he later resigned, and in 2009 from Huzurabad. In 2021, after shifting to the BJP, he contested again from Huzurabad under the BJP ticket and won the bypoll, defeating TRS candidate Gellu Srinivas Yadav by a margin of 23,855 votes.
2018
Gajwel Assembly election results
Etela Rajender is in one of the biggest electoral battles of his political career as he faces his former boss and incumbent Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao. He served as a minister in the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (formerly TRS) before joining the BJP in July 2021. Rajender was dismissed from the Cabinet over land grabbing allegations in Medak district, claiming unfair targeting by a faction within the party due to his influence in the BRS. A former student leader, he joined the TRS in 2003 and was elected as an MLA for the first time from Kamalapur Assembly constituency (united Andhra) in 2004, defeating sitting MLA Muddasani Damodar Reddy. He also served as the TRS floor leader in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Rajender was re-elected in 2008 from the same seat, which he later resigned, and in 2009 from Huzurabad. In 2021, after shifting to the BJP, he contested again from Huzurabad under the BJP ticket and won the bypoll, defeating TRS candidate Gellu Srinivas Yadav by a margin of 23,855 votes.
- First published: November 03, 2023, 12:02 IST
- Last updated: January 4, 2024 at 06:12 PM IST
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Eatala Rajendar
| Candidate details | |
|---|---|
| Party : | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Age : | 59 |
| Gender : | M |
| Education : | Graduate |
| Profession : | Agriculture |
| Criminal cases : | 39 |
| Movable Assets : | Rs 26.7 crore |
| Immovable assets : | Rs 27.3 crore |
| Self Income : | Rs 13 lakh |
| Total Income : | Rs 1.6 crore |
| Phase : | 1 |
| Poll Date : | November 30, 2023 |
| Counting of votes/Results date: : | December 3, 2023 |
Assembly cons. Results
| Cons. name | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Sirpur | TRS |
| Chennur | TRS |
| Armur | TRS |
| Bellampalli | TRS |
| Asifabad | INC |
| Ramagundam | AIFB |
| Mancherial | TRS |
| Jukkal | TRS |
| Yellareddy | INC |
| Nizamabad Urban | TRS |