S Jaipal Reddy
From GovernIndia
Background
Jaipal Reddy was born in Madgul, district Mahbubnagar in Andhra Pradesh. He did his MA (English) and Bachelor of Journalism and studied at the prestigious Osmania University in Hyderabad. He is an Agriculturist by profession. Reddy is disabled and uses crutches. He contested the 1980 Lok Sabha elections unsuccessfully from Medak against Indira Gandhi. A unique facet of his political career has been that he acted as the spokesman for all the parties of which he has been a member. He is known for the quality of his debates in the parliament and was awarded the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award in 1998.