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Kunja Bojji
కు౦జా బొజ్జి
Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1985–1999
Preceded byYerraiah Reddi Murla
Succeeded bySunnam Rajaiah
ConstituencyBhadrachalam , Andhra Pradesh
Personal details
Born(1926-02-10)February 10, 1926
Adavi
DiedApril 12, 2021(2021-04-12) (aged 95) Venkannagudem, Khammam District, Andhra Pradesh
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
SpouseSubbalakshmi

Kunja Bojji (10 February 1926[1] – 12 April 2021)[2] was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He represented the Bhadrachalam seat in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly between 1985 and 1999.[3][4] He belonged to the Koya community.[3]

Kunja Bojji was a courier for guerrillas during the Telangana armed struggle of the 1950s. In the 1970s he joined the CPI(M) and was elected a samiti member.[3] In 1985 he, along with two other CPI(M) leaders was ambushed by Naxalites and his companions were killed.[5]

In the 1985, 1989 and 1994 elections to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly he was elected with 42.37%, 50.82% and 62.55% vote share respectively.[4]

Bojji died from COVID-19 in 2021.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Kunja Bojji: పెన్షన్ డబ్బులూ ప్రజల కోసమే..తుది శ్వాస వరకూ ప్రజాసేవలోనే..'కుంజా బొజ్జి' ఓ అరుదైన నాయకుడు!". 12 April 2021.
  2. ^ Sridhar, P. (12 April 2021). "Veteran CPI (M) leader Kunja Bojji passes away". The Hindu.
  3. ^ a b c The Hindu. This three-time MLA doesn’t have a house
  4. ^ a b Election Commission of India. 274 - Bhadrachalam (ST) Assembly Constituency
  5. ^ Seshu, Ravindra (3 November 2018). "Khammam: Kunja Bojji sets the bar high for aspirants". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Telangana: Memorial Stupas in Memory of Comrades Kunja Bojji and Sunnam Rajaiah | Peoples Democracy".