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Bandi Sanjay Kumar
Sanjay Kumar at a public meeting in 2022
President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana
In office 11 March 2020 – 4 July 2023
Preceded by	K. Laxman
Succeeded by	G. Kishan Reddy
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 May 2019
Preceded by	B. Vinod Kumar
Constituency	Karimnagar
Personal details
Born	(1971-07-11) 11 July 1971 (age 53) Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh (Present-day Telangana), India
Spouse	Aparna
Residence(s)	Karimnagar, Telangana, India
Education	MA (public admn) - (discontinued)
Alma mater	Madurai Kamaraj University
Profession	Business
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Bandi Sanjay Kumar (born 11 July 1971) is an Indian politician who is a Member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, representing the Karimnagar constituency since 2019. he is the former state president of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Telangana from 11 March 2020 to 4 July 2023 . He is a board member of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bibinagar, Hyderabad, Telangana.

Early life and education

Bandi Sanjay Kumar was born on 11 July 1971 to B. Narsayya and B. Sakuntala. He completed his secondary schooling at Sri Saraswathi Shishumandir Unnata paathashaala, in Karimnagar, in 1986. He was also active in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh as a youth, joining the organization at the age of twelve.

Family and criminal charges

In January 2023 Kumar's son Bandi Bhageerath had multiple cases registered against him for beating up a fellow student in his college.

Dundigal police of Cyberabad booked Sai Bhageerath under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation).

Bandi Kumar described the charge against his son as part of a "political vendetta" against him. M Krishank said the BJP state president was misusing his political position to shield his son.

Political career

Kumar was involved with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, eventually became town president and a state executive member of the organization. He also occupied leadership positions in this organization, becoming "town secretary, town president, national secretary of Kerala and incharge of Tamil Nadu." In 1996, during BJP leader LK Advani's Surat Rath Yatra, he campaigned across India for 35 days.

Kumar was elected a municipal corporator for Karimnagar's 48th division in 2005, and served in this role until his resignation in 2019, when he was elected to the Lok Sabha. He was also fielded by the BJP in 2014 and 2018 as its candidate for the state assembly elections; he contested the Karimnagar seat both times. He was, however, unsuccessful in both elections, and lost to the Bharat Rashtra Samiti's Gangula Kamalakar.

In the 2019 Indian general election, Kumar was fielded by the BJP from the Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency. He contested against the incumbent Member of Parliament, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti's B. Vinod Kumar, and the Indian National Congress' Ponnam Prabhakar. He was elected by a margin of 89,508 votes. His election was considered something of a surprise due to the BJP's prior lack of significant strength in Telangana, as well as the fact that both his major opponents were politically well-established. With his election to the Lok Sabha, Bandi became one of four Bharatiya Janata Party MPs from Telangana, a historic first for the party.

Exam paper leak case

In April 2023, Kumar and three others were arrested on charges of being involved in the question paper leak case of Telangana State Board's class ten examinations.

On the day of his arrest, the police shared a few of the WhatsApp chats shared between accused 1 (Kumar) and accused 2 (Prashant), in the case. The Warangal Police Commissioner said : "Bandi Sanjay's phone is missing but we will retrieve WhatsApp messages and conversations very soon. They have deleted a few messages, call logs/call data, we will retrieve all those details."

On 7 April, Kumar was released on bail. In a statement on his release, he accused the police of incompetence, and demanded a judicial probe into the paper leak.

BJP national president J. P. Nadda and national general secretary Tarun Chugh said that Kumar's arrest was part of a conspiracy to defame the BJP for the SSC paper leak.

On 4 July, Kumar stepped down as Telangana party president, and on 21 July he was replaced by G. Kishan Reddy.

References

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14. "General Election 2019 – Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
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17. "Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar named prime accused in SSC paper leak case, sent to judicial custody till April 19". The Times of India. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
18. ^ Jayachandran, Apoorva. "Bandi Sanjay Kumar prime accused, confessed in the Telangana paper leak case: Police". India Today.
19. "Freed from jail, Bandi demands judicial probe into SSC paper leak". Deccan Chronicle. 8 April 2023.
20. "Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay's arrest is part of conspiracy to defame BJP for SSC paper leak: Senior party leaders". 5 April 2023 – via www.thehindu.com.
21. "G Kishan Reddy takes over as Telangana BJP president". Hindustan Times. 22 July 2023.

External links

• Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

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