Career
The leadership qualities in Kinjarapu were evident in his student days. Yerran Naidu, who obtained a law degree with first division from the Andhra University in Visakhapatnam, joined the TDP in 1982 when it was floated by popular Telugu actor N.T. Rama Rao.
In 1983, he was elected to the state assembly from Harishchandrapuram in his native district at the age of 25 becoming one of the youngest MLA. Belonging to Polinati Velama, caste in the region, he was re-elected in 1985. Denied a TDP ticket in 1989, he fought as an independent and was re-elected to the assembly. He later returned to the party fold and was elected for the fourth consecutive term in 1994.
He backed Chandrababu Naidu when the latter led a revolt against N.T. Rama Rao and became chief minister in 1995. He was the government chief whip from 1995 to 1996.
Popularly known as Yeranna among TDP circles, he was fielded by the party in 1996 parliamentary elections. Elected to the Lok Sabha from the Srikakulam constituency, he emerged a key TDP leader in national politics. With TDP joining the United Front government, Naidu became a minister at the centre, holding the portfolio of rural development and employment.
He retained the Lok Sabha seat in the 1998 and 1999 elections. Two days before polling in the 2004 elections, he survived an assassination bid by Maoists in Srikakulam district. Re-elected to parliament, he was made the party leader in the Lok Sabha.
In the 2009 elections, Yerran Naidu was defeated by the Congress party's Killi Krupa Rani, who was inducted into the union ministry on October 28, 2012.
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