Kanna Lakshmi Narayana, (born 13 August 1954) is an Indian politician, ex PresidentBharatiya Janata Party in the state ofAndhra Pradesh[1] and ex-Member of the Legislative Assembly for Guntur West constituency[2] and ex-Cabinet Minister for Agriculture & Agriculture Technology Mission in Sri.N.Kiran Kumar Reddy's Cabinet.[3] He joined theTelugu Desam Party on 23 February 2023 at Mangalagiri TDP's headquarters.[4][5] He is currently the member of the16th Andhra Pradesh Assembly fromSattenapalle Assembly constituency.[6]
Kanna Lakshmi Narayana was born on 13 August 1954 in Nagaram Palem, Guntur District. He was the youngest child born to Kanna Rangaiah & Kanna Masthanamma.
A successful weightlifter, Kanna Lakshmi Narayana was attracted to politics from a very young age. Hailing from a political family ofGuntur, Kanna Lakshmi Narayana has since had a political career of his own, now lasting about 40 years.
Getting on his bicycle during his junior college days, Kanna Lakshmi Narayana, a B. Com. graduate, used to invite all to join NSUI by writing on the walls and, this was his way of getting initiated into politics.
Kanna Lakshmi Narayana has also competed in shooting, winning a gold medal.[7]
In 2009 Kanna Lakshmi Narayana won the election to the State Assembly for the fifth term fromGuntur West Assembly constituency; he won fromPedakurapadu Assembly constituency, the biggest constituency inAndhra Pradesh, for four straight terms, from 1989 to 2004, including the 1994 Assembly elections when only 26 Congressmen won the election.
Kanna Lakshmi Narayana was ex-PresidentBJP party for the state of Andhra Pradesh & ex- Cabinet Minister for Agriculture & Agriculture Technology Mission, Minister for Housing in the cabinet of Hon'ble Chief MinisterKiran Kumar Reddy, and Minister of Major Industries, Food Processing, Commerce, & Export Promotion in the cabinet of Hon'ble Chief MinisterKonijeti Rosaiah, having served as Transport Minister in the previous Cabinet of the late Hon’ble CM Dr.Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy.
In 2019, he contested parliament fromNarasaraopet and lost the deposit. He came 4th by receiving 1.08% of all the votes polled.
Kanna Lakshmi Narayana has a progressive outlook. From the time he started his ministerial responsibilities in 1991 under N. Janardhan Reddy's cabinet till today, Narayana has worked to implement welfare and developmental programs for the weaker sections and backward classes.
Kanna Lakshmi Narayana has worked to establish Junior colleges in Krosur and Thallur in his constituency, as well as Primary Health Center buildings.
Kanna Lakshmi Narayana has also worked to resolve the health problems caused by the high fluoride content in drinking water in several villages. He secured Rs 3.50 crores of funds sanctioned for Community Protected Drinking Water Scheme for the surrounding villages of Bellamkonda and thus ensured that residents of 17 villages got protected drinking water. Apart from this he also got sanction for 300 bore wells in several villages and, protected drinking water schemes were implemented in many villages.
Kanna Lakshmi Narayana won the election to the State Assembly for the fifth term from Guntur (West) Assembly constituency in 2009.He won from Pedakurapadu, the biggest constituency in Andhra Pradesh, for four straight terms, from 1989 to 2004. He joined the BJP on 27 October 2014 in Delhi in presence of Amit Shah, its national president.[8] In 2023 February he quit BJP citing that he is unsatisfied with the BJP state unit leadership.[9]
AS MEMBER OF LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
AS MINISTER
Kanna Lakshminarayana is married to Kanna Vijaya Lakshmi.[10] They have two sons,Kanna Naga Raju, who was theEx-Mayor of Guntur city[11] and Kanna Phaneendra who looks after the family business and owns a polo team which is rated as one of the top three polo teams in Asia.[12]
