K. E. Krishna Murthy

K. E. Krishna Murthy
6th Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
In office 8 June 2014 – 23 May 2019 Serving with Nimmakayala Chinarajappa
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Damodar Raja Narasimha
Succeeded by	Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose Alla Nani K. Narayana Swamy Pushpasreevani Pamula Amzath Basha Shaik Bepari
Minister for Revenue, Registration and Stamps Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 8 June 2014 – 29 May 2019
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Raghu Veera Reddy
Succeeded by	Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1999 - 2004
Preceded by	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
Succeeded by	Kotla Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy
Constituency	Kurnool
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
In office 2014 - 2019
Preceded by	K. E. Prabhakar
Succeeded by	Kangati Sreedevi
Constituency	Pattikonda
In office 2009 - 2014
Preceded by	Kotla Sujathamma
Succeeded by	Buggana Rajendranath Reddy
Constituency	Dhone
In office 1978 - 1994
Preceded by	Seshanna
Succeeded by	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
Constituency	Dhone
Personal details
Born	Kambalapadu Ediga Krisha Murthy Goud (1938-10-02) 2 October 1938 Dhone, India
Spouse	K. E. Padmavathamma
Relations	K. E. Madanna (Father) K. E. Prabhakar (Brother) K. E. Prathap (Brother) K. E. Shyam Babu (son)
Alma mater	Sri Venkateswara University
Occupation	Politician
Known for	Telugu Ganga project

Kambalapadu Ediga Krishna Murthy (born 2 October 1938), popularly known as K. E. Krishna Murthy, is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He served as Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2014-2019 and as an Irrigation minister in N. T. Rama Rao cabinet from 1985-1987. Also he worked in the cabinet of Tanguturi Anjaiah.

Murthy was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly five times from Dhone constituency, one time from Pattikonda constituency and to the Lok Sabha for one term from Kurnool constituency.

Early life and education

Krishna Murthy was born in Kambalapadu, Kurnool district. His father K. E. Madanna is a freedom fighter. His mother's name is K. E. Madamma. His son K. E. Shyam Babu won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Pattikonda Assembly constituency representing Telugu Desam Party. He has two younger brothers K. E. Prabhakar and K. E. Prathap. He pursued M.A. from Sri Venkateswara University and L.L.B. from Sagar University, Madhya Pradesh. He is considered as a popular OBC Goud community leader of Andhra Pradesh.

Career

Following the footsteps of his father, who was the former MLA and MLC, Murthy entered politics after his father retired in 1978. He was elected as an MLA for the first time in 1978 from Dhone Assembly Constituency representing Indian National Congress. He got elected for a second term from the same constituency in 1983 again on Indian National Congress Party ticket.

He later resigned from Indian National Congress (INC) party and joined the Telugu Desam Party and won a third term as MLA from the same Dhone constituency in 1985 defeating Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy.

Later, he had differences with former Chief Minister N. T. Rama Rao, and rejoined INC. He won as MLA for the fourth time from Dhone in 1989.

He worked as a minister in both the cabinets of former chief ministers, Tanguturi Anjaiah of INC and N. T. Rama Rao of TDP.

In 1998, he once again resigned from INC and shifted to TDP under the leadership of chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu and lost the Kurnool Lok Sabha Constituency by a small margin to Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy. However, he entered the Parliament of India in 1999 representing TDP from Kurnool, defeating Reddy this time. In parliament, he was a member of the Committee on Defence, and Committee on Public Undertakings.

In 2004, he lost the Kurnool Lok Sabha constituency. He also served as Revenue, Stamps & Registration minister and was the Polit Bureau member of the TDP.

In 2009, he won the Dhone Assembly Constituency for the fifth time representing Telugu Desam Party. In 2013, he was appointed as AP Public Accounts Committee. Later in 2014, he shifted to Pattikonda Assembly Constituency and won as MLA for the sixth time in the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election. He became the Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and also held the Revenue, Stamps & Registration ministry.