Bandi Sanjay Kumar is an Indian politician and businessman who has served as Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Karimnagar constituency since 2019. In 2020, he was appointed as the state president of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Telangana. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bibi Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana.
Wiki/Biography
Bambi Sanjay Kumar was born on Sunday, July 11, 1971 (age 53; as of 2024) in Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana). His zodiac sign is Cancer. He went to school at Sri Saraswathi Shishu Mandir Unnatha Patasala in Karimnagar. He pursued a master’s degree in public administration at Madurai Kamaraj University in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, but later discontinued it.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 5″
Hair color: black (semi-bald)
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Sanjay’s father’s name is B. Narsayya and his mother’s name is B. Sakuntala.
He has three siblings, two of whom are brothers Bandi Sravan Kumar and the name of one is unknown. He has a sister, Kaveti Shylaja.
wife and children
Sanjay is married to Aparna and has two sons.
The name of one of their sons was Bandi Sai Bhageerath.
Religion/Religious Views
Sanjay believes in Hinduism.
address
He resides at H.No. 2-10-1525 (New), 2-10-1145 (Old), Jyothi nagar, Karimnagar, 505001.
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Profession
When he was twelve years old, he joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. During his graduation, he joined the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and served as the town president and state executive member of the organization. He is also the Town Secretary, Town Chairman, State Secretary of Kerala and is in charge of Tamil Nadu of the organization. In 1994, he started serving as Director of Karim Nagar Cooperative City Bank and worked there till 2003.
politics
During the 1996 elections, he helped Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani’s Surat Rath Yatra campaign for 35 days. From 2005 to 2019, he served as the Municipal Officer of Karimnagar Municipality. In 2014, he contested the state assembly elections as a BJP candidate but failed to win the seat. In 2018, he contested the state assembly elections as a BJP candidate but failed to win the seat. On May 23, 2019, he was elected to Lok Sabha from Karimnagar constituency. On March 11, 2020, he was elected as the president of Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party. Kumar contested the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly elections from Karimnagar constituency on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket. However, he lost the election to BRS candidate Gangula Kamalakar. He won the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Karim Nagar constituency in Telangana.
dispute
Suspected of leaking SSC papers
On April 6, 2023, he was detained in judicial custody until April 19 in connection with the SSC document leak case. His detention by police sparked protests calling for his release. Some of his party members even said the police had not given a clear reason for detaining him. His party workers gathered around the police station and raised slogans against Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. Some of them also claimed that this was a conspiracy by the Telangana government to divert attention from the BRS party’s failure in school and job exams. The culprit in the case is a man named Shiv Ganesh, who shared the paper on WhatsApp, police said in a statement. Later, journalist Boora Prashant, who received the paper on WhatsApp, shared the news of the paper’s leak with multiple media outlets. According to the BJP, Chief Minister KCR and the BRS party tried to link the journalist with the BJP, but Sanjay was granted bail by the Hanankonda court in Warangal district on the evening of April 6, 2023.
Judicial remand of Sanjay
In January 2022, he and over 150 BJP members were sent to judicial remand for 14 days for allegedly violating Covid-19 norms and assaulting a civil servant during the ‘Jagarana’ protest (night vigil) of teachers and other government employees. The protest was against the government’s GO3317 rules, which provide for a zoning system in job distribution and transfers. Their arrest has been criticized by leaders including state President JP Nadda and Union Minister G Kishan Reddy. Sanjay was produced before the court for violating the Disaster Management Act, Indian Penal Code Section 188 (disobeying an order duly promulgated by a public servant) and IPC Section 333 (intentionally causing grievous hurt to prevent a public servant from discharging his duty). stand trial. ).
assets/property
movable property
- Cash: Rs. 4,40,000
- Motor Vehicles: Rs. 5,46,000
- Jewelry: Rs. 11,10,000
Note: The movable and immovable property estimates given are based on 2019. This includes assets owned by his wife and dependents (minors).
net worth
His net worth is approximately Rs. 900,000.
Note: The movable and immovable property estimates given are based on 2019. This includes assets owned by his wife and dependents (minors).
Facts/Trivia
- His victory in 2019 shocked many because he was politically unstable compared to his opponents. He became one of the four BJP MPs from Telangana.
- In 2020, he criticized the film RRR and even threatened SS Rajamouli, saying his party workers would burn down theaters showing the film. He objected to the character of Komaram Bheem who was seen wearing Muslim attire in the film. Later, Rajamouli said that the picture was based on the characters of Komaram Bheem and Alluri Sitarama Raju but was not a biopic of them. However, when the song “Natu Natu” from the movie “RRR” won the Oscar in 2023, he took to Twitter to congratulate the filmmakers.
- In November 2022, he filed a petition in the high court after the fifth phase of his ‘Praja Sangrama Yatra’ and permission to hold a public meeting in Bhainsa town of Nirmal district was denied. The police who intercepted him stated that the situation in the area was a publicly sensitive area, so he was intercepted. The police also stationed some police personnel near his home in Karimnagar to ensure that he did not go for the yatra. He tweeted about the incident and said he would take the case to court.
- In January 2023, his eldest son Bhagerath was accused of assaulting a student at his university. He was later released on bail.
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