N. V. Krishnaiah
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N. V. Krishnaiah was a communist
politician from Andhra Pradesh
, India
. He was a municipal councillor in Nellore
, member of the Andhra Pradesh legislature, president of the Indian Federation of Trade Unions and a central leader in the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
.
NVK was born in 1930 in Yataluru village, Venkatagiri
mandal, Nellore district
. He completed high school in Venkatagiri and then moved to Nellore to join V.R. College. At V.R. College he joined the students movement and later became a member of the Communist Party
in 1952.
He then returned to Venkatagiri and began to work in the peasant front
of the party. In 1957 he shifted his activities to Nellore and became a trade union
organizer amongst motor workers. In both cases he led militant campaigns and came into conflicts with landlords and private bus company owners.
When the Communist Party of India was divided, NVK sided with the leftist tendency. He became the secretary of the Nellore town committee and a member of the Nellore district committee of the new party, the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
. In 1964 he was elected to the Municipal Corporation of Nellore.
NVK contested the 1967 Andhra Pradesh
Legislative Assembly
election as a CPI(M) candidate in the Nellore constituency. He came second with 11951 votes (25.89%). He was defeated by the Jan Sangh candidate M. R. Annadata.
At the same time, the CPI(M) in Andhra Pradesh faced another split. Large sections of the regional party cadres began to condemn the CPI(M) leadership as 'neo-revisionist'. Led by T.N. Reddy, the radical elements rallied around the Andhra Pradesh Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries
. NVK joined the APCCCR, and as a consequence he later resigned from his position as a municipal councillor.
NVK was one of the accused in the Hyderabad Conspiracy Case. During the period of 1968-1978, he was frequently jailed, and spent over five years in imprisonment. When the APCCCR was divided in 1971, NVK sided with the Chandra Pulla Reddy
-led faction. This grouping merged into the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
After being released from jail in 1978, he became involved in trade union activities. He became the president of the Indian Federation of Trade Unions. In 1980 he sided with C.P. Reddy, who broke away and formed his own CPI(ML).
In the 1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, NVK contested the Sircilla seat as an independent
. He won with 26430 votes (29.84%). During his legislative tenure, he raised over 2500 questions in the assembly. One of the issues he highlighted was the need for irrigation in the Karimnagar
area.
Following the 1994 Legislative Assembly election, CPI(ML) Janashakti was divided. NVK became the leader of a break-away group, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Janashakti COC. Later, CPI(ML) Janashakti COC would merge with the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Initiative
of Arvind Sinha and form the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Unity Initiative
. CPI(ML) Unity Initiative then merged with the Communist Organisation of India (Marxist-Leninist)
of Kanu Sanyal
to form the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
. In January 2005, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Flag
merged into the CPI(ML) led by Sanyal, at a conference in Vijayawada
. NVK became a Central Committee
member of the unified CPI(ML).
NVK died on September 13, 2006.
Communism
Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...
politician from Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. He was a municipal councillor in Nellore
Nellore
Nellore , is a city and headquarters of Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District, formerly Nellore district.And in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Ancient name of Nellore was "Vikrama Simhapuri"....
, member of the Andhra Pradesh legislature, president of the Indian Federation of Trade Unions and a central leader in the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Kanu Sanyal)
Communist Party of India is a communist party in India. The party is one of many working under the name of CPI. The party general secretary was Kanu Sanyal...
.
NVK was born in 1930 in Yataluru village, Venkatagiri
Venkatagiri
Venkatagiri is the fourth largest town and municipality in Nellore district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.Venkatagiri's old name is "Kali Mili".It is famous for its Handloom Cotton Sarees. Venkatagiri is a place for history and handlooms. It was part of a small kingdom that was integrated...
mandal, Nellore district
Nellore district
Sri Amarajeevi Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District is one of the 23 districts of Andhra Pradesh. Nellore is famous for high paddy field, and so it got its name from "Nelli". The population of the district was 2,966,082 of which 22.45% were urban as of 2011....
. He completed high school in Venkatagiri and then moved to Nellore to join V.R. College. At V.R. College he joined the students movement and later became a member of the Communist Party
Communist Party of India
The Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925...
in 1952.
He then returned to Venkatagiri and began to work in the peasant front
All India Kisan Sabha
All India Kisan Sabha , was the name of the peasants front of the undivided Communist Party of India , an important peasant movement formed by Swami Sahajanand Saraswati in 1936, and which later split into two organizations, by the same name.-History:...
of the party. In 1957 he shifted his activities to Nellore and became a trade union
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
organizer amongst motor workers. In both cases he led militant campaigns and came into conflicts with landlords and private bus company owners.
When the Communist Party of India was divided, NVK sided with the leftist tendency. He became the secretary of the Nellore town committee and a member of the Nellore district committee of the new party, the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
The Communist Party of India is a political party in India. It has a strong presence in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. As of 2011, CPI is leading the state government in Tripura. It leads the Left Front coalition of leftist parties in various states and the national parliament of...
. In 1964 he was elected to the Municipal Corporation of Nellore.
NVK contested the 1967 Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
Legislative Assembly
Vidhan Sabha
The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...
election as a CPI(M) candidate in the Nellore constituency. He came second with 11951 votes (25.89%). He was defeated by the Jan Sangh candidate M. R. Annadata.
At the same time, the CPI(M) in Andhra Pradesh faced another split. Large sections of the regional party cadres began to condemn the CPI(M) leadership as 'neo-revisionist'. Led by T.N. Reddy, the radical elements rallied around the Andhra Pradesh Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries
Andhra Pradesh Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries
Andhra Pradesh Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries was a leftist split from the Communist Party of India in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The leader of the group was T. Nagi Reddy, who was a member of the legislative assembly in AP at the time. Other leading figures were...
. NVK joined the APCCCR, and as a consequence he later resigned from his position as a municipal councillor.
NVK was one of the accused in the Hyderabad Conspiracy Case. During the period of 1968-1978, he was frequently jailed, and spent over five years in imprisonment. When the APCCCR was divided in 1971, NVK sided with the Chandra Pulla Reddy
Chandra Pulla Reddy
Chandra Pulla Reddy was an Indian communist leader.Chandra Pulla Reddy was born in 1917 at Velugodu village in what is currently the Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. A leading activist in Indian freedom struggle as a student of Guindy Engineering College of the then Madras against British...
-led faction. This grouping merged into the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
After being released from jail in 1978, he became involved in trade union activities. He became the president of the Indian Federation of Trade Unions. In 1980 he sided with C.P. Reddy, who broke away and formed his own CPI(ML).
In the 1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, NVK contested the Sircilla seat as an independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
. He won with 26430 votes (29.84%). During his legislative tenure, he raised over 2500 questions in the assembly. One of the issues he highlighted was the need for irrigation in the Karimnagar
Karimnagar
As of 2011 India census Estimation, Karimnagar city had a population of 2,99,660. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49% has an average literacy rate of 86.75%, higher than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 92.61%, and female literacy is 80.79%. In Karimnagar, 12% of...
area.
Following the 1994 Legislative Assembly election, CPI(ML) Janashakti was divided. NVK became the leader of a break-away group, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Janashakti COC. Later, CPI(ML) Janashakti COC would merge with the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Initiative
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Initiative
Communist Party of India New Initiative was a political party India. It merged with CPI Janashakti COC to form CPI Unity Initiative. CPI New Initiative was led by Arvind Sinha....
of Arvind Sinha and form the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Unity Initiative
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Unity Initiative
Communist Party of India Unity Initiative was a communist party in India. It was led by Viswam.The CPI Unity Initiative joined the Six Party Forum, a joint body of Communist Revolutionary organisations formed in 1995....
. CPI(ML) Unity Initiative then merged with the Communist Organisation of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Communist Organisation of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Communist Organisation of India was a political organisation in India. COI was formed in May 1985 through the merger of six different groups;*Organising Committee of Communist Revolutionaries led by Kanu Sanyal...
of Kanu Sanyal
Kanu Sanyal
Kanu Sanyal, , was an Indian communist politician. In 1967, he was one of the main leader of the Naxalbari uprising...
to form the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Kanu Sanyal)
Communist Party of India is a communist party in India. The party is one of many working under the name of CPI. The party general secretary was Kanu Sanyal...
. In January 2005, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Flag
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Flag
Communist Party of India Red Flag was a political party in India. CPI Red Flag was formed in 1988 as a break-away from the Central Reorganization Committee, CPI. The party's main base of support was in Kerala, where it emerged as the major ML faction...
merged into the CPI(ML) led by Sanyal, at a conference in Vijayawada
Vijayawada
Vijayawada is the third largest city in Andhra Pradesh, India, located on the banks of the Krishna River and bounded by the Indrakiladri Hills on the West and the Budameru River on the North. The city is located in the Krishna District, about from the state capital Hyderabad.Vijayawada literally...
. NVK became a Central Committee
Central Committee
Central Committee was the common designation of a standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, whether ruling or non-ruling in the twentieth century and of the surviving, mostly Trotskyist, states in the early twenty first. In such party organizations the...
member of the unified CPI(ML).
NVK died on September 13, 2006.