N. Chandrababu Naidu

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The Honourable
Nara Chandrababu Naidu
నారా చంద్రబాబు నాయుడు
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13th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Assumed office
8 June 2014
Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan
Preceded by N. Kiran Kumar Reddy
In office
1 September 1995 – 13 May 2004
Governor Krishan Kant
G. Ramanujam
C. Rangarajan
Surjit Singh Barnala
Preceded by Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao
Succeeded by Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Kuppam
Assumed office
1989
Preceded by N. Rangaswamy Naidu
Personal details
Born (1950-04-20) 20 April 1950 (age 73)
Naravari Palle, Chandragiri, Madras State, India
(now in Andhra Pradesh, India)
Political party Telugu Desam Party
Spouse(s) Nara Bhuvaneshwari
Children Nara Lokesh
Residence Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Alma mater Sri Venkateswara University
Religion Hinduism
Website Government Site
Official Site

Nara Chandrababu Naidu (born 20 April 1950) is an Indian politician and the current Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. He is also the President of the Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.[1][2][3][4]

Naidu became the state's youngest assembly member and youngest minister at 28, and served the longest term as Chief Minister of the state from 1995 to 2004. He unleashed a series of reforms after taking over the reins of state. Naidu emphasised the use of information technology (IT) and was instrumental in making Hyderabad one of the IT hubs in India which earned praise from global leaders and media for his public policies and approach to governance.[5][6]

He has won a number of awards, including IT Indian of the Millennium from India Today, Business Person of the Year by The Economic Times, South Asian of the Year from Time Asia and membership in the World Economic Forum's Dream Cabinet.[7][8][9][10] Naidu chaired the National IT Panel under the NDA government and was described as one of the "hidden seven", working wonders around the world, by Profit (Oracle Corporation's monthly magazine).[11][12]

Early life and education

Naidu was born on 20 April 1950 at Naravari Palle, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh in an agricultural family.[13][14] His father, N. Kharjura Naidu, worked in agriculture and his mother Amanamma was a housewife.[15] Since his village had no school, Naidu attended primary school in Seshapuram until class five and the Chandragiri Government High School until class nine.[16] He went to Tirupati for his higher education, studying there from class 10 until he received his master's degree. Naidu completed his BA degree in 1972 before enrolling in an MA program in economics at S. V. College of Arts. In 1974, he began work towards a PhD under D. L. Narayana (Andhra Pradesh Finance Commission chairman), researching the economic ideas of N. G. Ranga. Naidu did not complete his PhD, instead becoming involved in politics.[16][17][18] Chandrababu Naidu was also offered honorary professorship by prestigious top-ranked US business school - the Kellogg School of Management in year 2000.[19]

Early political career

Naidu was drawn to politics at an early age, and joined Youth Congress as a student leader in Chandragiri, near Tirupati. After emergency was imposed on the country in 1975, he became close to Sanjay Gandhi.[16]

Legislative career, 1978–1983

Naidu received an Indian National Congress (INC) nomination in 1978 under the 20-percent quota for youth to run for the office of the member of the legislative assembly (MLA) in Chandragiri constituency. He won, and was appointed as technical education and cinematography minister in T .Anjaiah's government at the age of 28.[20] He was the youngest minister in the Congress cabinet.[21]

As the cinematography minister, Naidu came in contact with N. T. Rama Rao, popularly known as NTR, a popular film star in Telugu cinema. In 1980, he married Bhuvaneswari, NTR's third daughter.[22]

Telugu Desam Party

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See also: Telugu Desam Party

In 1982, NTR formed the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and swept the assembly polls held in 1983. Naidu, who was then still in the INC, was defeated by a TDP candidate in Chandragiri. He joined the TDP soon after.[22]

Rise in the party

Naidu got the chance to show his political skills in August 1984, when Nadendla Bhaskara Rao staged a coup against NTR. He rallied the TDP MLAs together, and paraded them before the President of India. NTR was reinstated as the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh 31 days later. Impressed with his son-in-law's manoeuvres, NTR appointed Naidu general secretary of the party and he began playing an important role in the TDP after Rao's coup attempt.[22]

Legislative career, 1989–1994

In the 1989 assembly election, Chandrababu Naidu contested from Kuppam and won by 5,000 votes INC however had regained power in the election so Naidu had to sit in the Opposition He served as coordinator of the Telugu Desam Party, in which capacity he effectively handled the party's role of main opposition in the assembly which won him wide appreciation from both the party and the public. His role during this phase both inside the Legislative Assembly and outside was a critical factor for the subsequent success of the party at the hustings

As Chief Minister (2014-2019)

With the formation Telangana state he become the first chief minister of remaining fraction Andhra Pradesh which holds around 58% of the original state of Andhra Pradesh with a temporary combined capital as Hyderabad. This temporary capital arrangement is for upto 10 years.

Various Major Institutions established under his leadership in Andhra Pradesh after 2014.

Other major projects in various phases under ChandraBabu Naidu leadership

From 10-12 January, 2016, The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organised the 22nd edition of CII Partnership Summit in partnership with the State Government of Andhra Pradesh, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion and Ministry of Commerce and Industry at APIIC Ground, Harbour Park, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Chandrababu Naidu was successful in signing a total of 331 memoranda of investment proposals worth Rs 4.78 lakh crore into Andhra Pradesh. It is expected that these understandings produce more than 10 lakh jobs in coming 5 years in the state. [35] [36]

Amaravati development

Once the place of Capital city is finalized as Amaravati (state capital) by Chandra babu based on various factors considered he floated a program for land pooling. Andhra Pradesh Capital Region - CRDA is established by legislature act. He succeeded in acquiring more than 30,000 acres of land on the banks of krishna river for CRDA in Guntur district using land pooling mechanism. .[37] This is one of the great idea from him. He immediately started the master plan for the 21st century city with the help of Singapore and Japan governments.

As Chief Minister (1995–2004)

Dark-haired man giving gifts to grey-haired man
Naidu greets Bill Clinton in 2000

As chief minister, Naidu advocated short-term sacrifice to turn Andhra Pradesh into an Asian tiger over the next 20 years.[38] He slashed food subsidies (among other things), and raised power tariffs.[39] Both Bill Clinton (President of the United States at the time) and Tony Blair (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the time) visited Hyderabad and met with Naidu whilst he was chief minister.[8]

Aparisim Ghosh of the American news magazine, Time commented, "In just five years, he has turned an impoverished, rural backwater place into India's new information-technology hub",[7] and the magazine named him South Asian of the Year.[40]

Vision 2020

Naidu produced a vision statement, "Vision 2020", with US consultants McKinsey & Company[8] which proposed:

  • Universal, low-cost education and healthcare
  • Rural employment
  • Replacement of small investors with large corporations

1999 election victory

The Telugu Desam Party, led by Naidu, won a majority in the state legislature: 185 of 294 seats in the Assembly and 29 of 42 in the 1999 general election, making it the second-largest party in the BJP-led NDA coalition government.[citation needed]

Hyderabad development

Naidu as discussed his plan to develop the state of Andhra Pradesh by making the major cities showpieces for foreign investment especially in "key sectors such as information technology, biotechnology, healthcare and various outsourcing services".[41] He coined the slogan "Bye-bye Bangalore, hello Hyderabad" to further this aim.[7] Microsoft Corporation has established a software-development centre in Hyderabad, the second such centre outside Seattle. Naidu encouraged other global IT companies (IBM, Dell, Deloitte, Computer Associates and Oracle) to move to Hyderabad, making presentations to global CEOs convincing them to invest in his state.[9][42]

Large round building, with cross-hatched superstructure
Hi-Tech City, the crown jewel of Naidu, in Hyderabad

In his tenure by end of financial year 2003-04 software exports from Hyderabad reached to $1 Billion dollars.[43] and it become 4th largest exporting city in the country. By 2013-14 with the solid foundation made by Chandra babu the exports grown by 10 more times [44] and employing about 320,000 people directly working in this IT & ITES fields in Hyderabad alone.

2003 assassination attempt

On 1 October 2003 Naidu survived a land-mine blast, escaping with a fractured left collarbone and hairline fractures of two right ribs. The blast occurred about 16:00 IST when Naidu was travelling in a convoy to the Lord Venkateswara temple in the Tirumala hills for the annual Brahmotsavam festival.[45] State Information Technology Minister B. Gopalakrishna Reddy, Telugu Desam legislator and Ch. Krishnamurthy and driver Srinivasa Raju were also injured. Telugu Desam legislator Dr.R. Rajasekhar Reddy was seriously injured.

2004 election defeat

The Telugu Desam Party (led by Naidu) failed to retain power after two successive wins, winning 47 of 294 seats in the state assembly and five of 42 in the Lok Sabha. While many of his ministers lost, Naidu won decisively in Kuppam.[46]

2014 Elections Victory

The Telugu Desam Party (led by Naidu) returned to power, in the state of Andhra Pradesh winning 102 seats out of 175 seats.[47] Chandrababu Naidu allied with BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and the leader of Jana Sena party Pawan Kalyan during these elections. Naidu led TDP to an outright majority in the state of Andhra Pradesh, but lost to TRS in the region of Telangana which had earlier become the newest state of India on 2 June as per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.[48] Chandrababu Naidu took oath as the first Chief Minister of the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh at mangalgiri in the grounds of Acharya Nagarjuna University near Guntur.[49]

Personal life

Naidu is married to N.T. Rama Rao's third daughter, Bhuvaneswari.[50] The couple have a son, Lokesh, who is married to Brahmani (eldest daughter of Nandamuri Balakrishna, N.T. Rama Rao's son).[51]

Achievements

  • At 28, the state's youngest assembly member and minister[20]
  • Longest serving Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh before the formation of the new Indian State Telangana.
  • First Chief Minister of the newly formed state of Andhra Pradesh from 8 June 2014.
  • Longest-serving opposition leader of opposition in the Andhra Pradesh assembly[52]
  • Voted IT Indian of the Millennium in a poll by India Today and 20:20 Media[53]

Controversy

Congress party Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy put numerous commissions and cases on Chandra Babu to prove he did corruption. Chandrababu Naidu came out clean in all the cases.

References

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  3. ↑ "TDP chief Chandrababu to take oath as Andhra CM on June 8" : Andhra Pradesh, News – India Today. Indiatoday.intoday.in (28 May 2014). Retrieved on 7 June 2014.
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  10. ↑ With Naidu, Blair and Clinton have also been voted out -DAWN; 19 May 2004. Archives.dawn.com (19 May 2004). Retrieved on 16 January 2012.
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  19. ↑ [1] Archived 13 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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1995–2004		 Succeeded by
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