Eatela Rajender is an active politician from Telangana. He is a former MLA from the Huzurabad constituency in the Telangana Assembly. He is the first finance minister of Telangana State. Before joining the Bharatiya Janta Party in 2021, he was a Telangana Rashtra Samithi party member. He was there with the party from its inception in 2001. He was one of the founding members of the TRS. He is even a close friend of K Chandrashekhar Rao.

 

Eatela Rajender Personal Life

Full Name - Eatela Rajender

Date of Birth - 20 Mar 1964 (Age 60)

Place of Birth - Karimnagar

Party Name - Bharatiya Janta Party

Education - Graduate

Profession - Politician

Father's Name - Pedda Mallaiah

Eatela Rajender did his BSc from Osmania University in the year 1984.

 

Political career 

Etela joined TRS in 2003. He is recognised as a student leader with a left-wing ideology. He was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Kamalapur Assembly constituency in the 2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. He defeated the incumbent MLA Muddasani Damodar Reddy. He served as the TRS floor leader in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He resigned as the MLA in 2008 and was re-elected as an MLA from the same constituency in the 2008 by-election. 

 

In 2009, the Kamalapur constituency was merged with Huzurabad Assembly constituency. He contested the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Huzurabad constituency and won. In 2010 he resigned as the MLA and won the by-election. When Telangana state was established in 2014, he was appointed the Finance Minister of Telangana in the first K. Chandrashekar Rao ministry, and served until 2018. 

 

He contested the 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election and was re-elected as the MLA from Huzurabad constituency. In 2019, he took oath as the Minister of Health for Telangana. As part of the 2018 election's declaration of assets by contestants, he has furnished ₹42.41 crore (equivalent to ₹57 crore or US$7.1 million in 2023) in assets and was the richest among other ministers. 

 

In May 2021, Etela, along with his followers and Jamuna Hatcheries, faced allegations of land encroachments in Achampet and Hakimpet villages in Medak district. His ministerial portfolio was removed and he was subsequently dismissed from the state cabinet. Subsequently on 4 June, he resigned from TRS. On 12 June, he resigned as MLA. 

 

On 14 June 2021, Etela joined the BJP in the presence of BJP leaders Dharmendra Pradhan and G. Kishan Reddy. He has also resigned as the president of Nampally Exhibition Society, which he held since 2014. He contested the by-election held later that year and won as the MLA. 

 

In 2023 assembly elections, he contested from Huzurabad and Gazwel as BJP candidate and lost in both constitutencies. 

 

Interesting Facts about Eatela Rajender

Eatela Rajender is the first finance minister of Telangana State.